The Pet Age Calculator
The Pet Age Calculator
by Julia Green
Introduction
There are many Cat Age Calculators on the web these days but I developed this one in Active Server Pages which converts a cat's actual years to people years. Many of us have an unusual affinity for our pets, and this is a way of making us feel better that they are actual human beings inside. I also programmed a Dog Age Calculator which is beneath the Cat Age Calculator code, for those of us with a canine in mind.
The Cat Age Calculator
The first ASP page has two text boxes, one for our cat's or dog's name, and the other for their actual years. You can put actual names and years as the default values which I have, and have other people change them accordingly. The background and pictures of course are totally up to you - I put the sound of a cat's meow on mine. These are great things to develop for kids and small students, and someday (maybe sooner or later), they may actually understand that VBScript!
For an example, please go to http://www.juliagreen.com/cat.asp.
The FORM itself
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
img { border: 10px double #E6D1B3 }
h1 { color : #800080; }
p { color : #800080; }
</style>
<title>Cat Age Calculator</title>
<bgsound src="images/meow.wav" loop="2">
</head>
<body>
<center>
<h1>Julie's Cat Age Calculator</h1>
<img src="images/cat.jpg" width="400" height="300">
<p>
A cat is considered to be senior when they are 8 to 10
years of age. Cat's over 12 years of age are considered
geriatric. Phoenix, my house cat, is 12 years old.
</p>
<p>
To all those cats out there!
The longest a cat has ever lived is 34 years.
</p>
<form action="cat2.asp" method="post">
<p>
<b>What is the name of your cat?</b>
</p>
<p>
<input type="text" name="name" size="10" value="Phoenix">
</p>
<p>
<b>What is the age of your cat in real years?</b>
</p>
<p>
<input type="text" name="age" size="10" value="12"> years
</p>
<input type="submit"><input type="reset">
</form>
</center>
</body>
</html>
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The Resulting ASP Code
<%@ Language = VBScript %>
<% Option Explicit %>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
img { border: 10px double #E6D1B3 }
h1 { color : #9900CC; }
p { color : #9900CC; }
</style>
<title>Cat Age Calculator</title>
<bgsound src="images/meow.wav" loop="2">
</head>
<body>
<center>
<h1>Cat Age Calculator Answer</h1>
<%
Dim varName, varAge
Dim age2
varName=Request.Form("name")
varAge=Request.Form("age")
If varAge = 1 Then
age2 = 15
End If
If (varAge > 1) Then
age2 = (varAge * 5) + 10
End If
If varAge = 7 Then
age2 = 45
End If
If (varAge > 7) Then
age2 = (varAge * 4) + 17
End If
If varAge=10 Then
age2 = 58
End If
If (varAge > 10) Then
age2 = (varAge * 5) + 8
End If
If varAge=15 Then
age2 = 78
End If
If (varAge>15) Then
age2 = (varAge * 4) + 18
End If
If varAge=20 Then
age2 = 98
End If
If varAge > 20 Then
Response.Write "<br><center><h1>You're over 100 kitty!</h1>"
End If
%>
<p><font size="+2">
<%= varName %>'s people age is <%= age2 %> years.
</font></p>
<p>
<img src="images/kitty.jpg" height="248">
</p>
<p>
<a href="cat.asp">Go back to Cat Calculator!!</a>
</p>
</center>
</body>
</html>
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The Dog Age Calculator
The same technique is used, an ASP page with a name and age textbox. I've just put the resulting asp code here, instead of the originating page.
For an example, go to http://www.juliagreen.com/dog.asp.
Dog2.asp or the result of a form asking name and age.
<center>
<b><i><font size=+2 color=#800000>
<%
Dim varName, varAge
Dim age2
varName=Request.Form("name")
varAge=Request.Form("age")
If varAge = 1 Then
age2 = 15
End If
If varAge = 2 Then
age2 = 24
End If
If varAge > 2 Then
age2 = 15 + (varAge * 4)
End If
If varAge = 21 Then
%>
<%= varName %>! You're one year short of a 100!
That's a doggone long time!
<%
End If
If varAge>21 Then
%>
<%= varName %>! Guess what, you're a Centurion!
<%
End If
%>
<p>
<%= varName %>'s people age is <%= age2 %> years.
</p>
<p>
<a href="dog.asp">Go back to Dog Calculator!!</a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="cat.asp">Go back to Cat Calculator!!</a>
</p>
</font></i></b>
</center>
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