# Programming, VB or something... HELP

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**Created:** [October 29, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061 "2004-10-29T13:07:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/1 "2004-10-29T13:07:22Z")

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ehehe…

anyway… who here knows how to program?

all i really need is some sort of program to read a .csv file and multiply it by an amount and spit it out…

all i really need is something smart enough to read , say row B column 5 from a CSV and multiply it, then display… any ideas?

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**Author:** ![BlackZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackz28/32/5932_2.png) [@BlackZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlackZ28)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/2 "2004-10-29T13:15:00Z")

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heh, took VB in school, but don’t use it anymore, so i wouldn’t know what to tell you

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/3 "2004-10-29T13:18:25Z")

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:doh:

yeah same here… i need help

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/4 "2004-10-29T13:23:17Z")

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oh noes

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/5 "2004-10-29T13:29:49Z")

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> [@whitey](#):
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> oh noes

help me

i know you can :love:

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/6 "2004-10-29T13:32:00Z")

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hang on, i’ll message one of my friends that uses VB a lot. might take a little while, but i’ll see what i can do.

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/7 "2004-10-29T13:33:26Z")

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i was just guessing that VB could do it… all i need to do is stream in a .CSV file and write a function and display the product in real-time.

i’m going to work on it… i’m just lazy

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/8 "2004-10-29T13:40:13Z")

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do it as a macro in excell.

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/9 "2004-10-29T13:48:19Z")

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what parameters are you trying to query the file on?

i could write something that will scan the file for a certain value or something…

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**Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-vb-or-something-help/170061/10 "2004-10-29T13:55:49Z")

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sonny let me know, i am leaving work now… i might be able to write you up something to do the task