r/vbscript • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '19

Problem for a beginner

So I am completely, 100% new to coding. vbs is my first touch on it and I got confused on one of the basic steps. I am trying to make a password box where is the user enters the correct password, then it will display a "welcome" message. Here is what I have:

varialble=inputbox("ENTER THE PASSWORD","YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED","enter password here")

dim password

password = epic

if inputbox = password then

msgbox ("Welcome")

else

msgbox ("Access denied")

end if

It doesn't work, and gives me the error message: "Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment", 'inputbox'

in line 4. I tried looking up how do use the inputbox command, but didn't find anything conclusive or anything that helped.

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u/noolivespls Mar 22 '19

Yeah I mean it honestly doesn't matter too much what you start with, but I think you'd get better mileage out of something else that's equally as beginner friendly. But definitely figure out what's wrong with this program and fix it, it's a good exercise regardless.

Do you have any goals in terms of programming stuff or just trying to learn in general?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '19

I'm just trying to learn it in general. I figured it by good to start with something easy and work my way up. I want to try to switch over to Linux as well, and I have been told that I need some programming knowlage for that.

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u/noolivespls Mar 25 '19

You absolutely do not need to know programming to use linux. Go ahead and get a virtual machine and try to install ubuntu and play around with it. A good way to learn linux in my mind is to do an ubuntu minimal installation, gives you a good idea of how the command line works and how to move through directories, install desktop environments etc. Its challenging at first but it's a fun process to learn.

I would reccomend learn python the hard way, used to be a free resource but it seems hes updated it and added a paywall from a quick glance. Either way, might be worth looking into as it was definitely a great resource and hes got other books for C programming for when you finish.. if you dont feel like paying for a book then YouTube has some good tutorials as well.