Imports System

Public Module Module1

    Public Sub Main()

        dim bidnum as integer = 0

        dim item as integer

        dim buyernum as decimal

        dim bid as decimal

        dim answer as string

        dim searchitem as integer

        console.writeline("How many items are present for the auction?")

        item= console.readline()

        while item < 2

            console.writeline("Error. There should be at least 10 items.")

            item= console.readline()

            end while 

        console.writeline(" ")

        dim itemnum(item) as integer

        dim desc(item) as string

        dim resprice(item) as decimal

        dim maxbid(item) as decimal

​

        for i = 1 to item

        console.writeline("Enter the item number")

        itemnum(i)= console.readline()

        console.writeline("Enter the description")

        desc(i)= console.readline()

        console.writeline("Enter the reserve price")

        resprice(i)= console.readline()

        console.writeline(" ")

    next

        for x = 1 to item

    console.writeline("Item " & (x))

    console.writeline("Item Number= " & itemnum(x)) 

    console.writeline("Description= " & desc(x))

    console.writeline("Reserve Price= " & resprice(x))

    console.writeline(" ")

    next

​

maxbid(item)= resprice(item)

​

console.writeline("Does a buyer want to bid for an item?")

answer= console.readline()

​

while answer= "yes"

    console.writeline("Enter the item number the buyer would like to view")

    searchitem= console.readline()

 for y = 1 to item

    if searchitem= itemnum(y) then

     console.writeline(" ")

     console.writeline("Item Number= " & itemnum(y))    

     console.writeline("Description= " & desc(y))

     console.writeline("Current Maximum Bid= " & maxbid(y))

     console.writeline(" ")

    console.writeline("Enter the buyer number")

    buyernum= console.readline()

​

    console.writeline("Enter the buyer's bid")

    bid= console.readline()

    console.writeline(" ")

​

    if bid > maxbid(y) then

        maxbid(y)= bid

    bidnum= bidnum + 1

​

    console.writeline("Item Number= " & itemnum(y)) 

    console.writeline("Description= " & desc(y))

        console.writeline("Current Maximum Bid= " & maxbid(y)) 

else if bid < maxbid(y) then

        console.writeline("Bid is not high enough")

​

    end if

    console.writeline(" ")

    console.writeline("Does a buyer want to bid again?")

    answer= console.readline()

    end if

 next

​

​

    end while

​

if answer= "no" then

    console.writeline("End of bidding")

end if

​

​

​

        End Sub

End Module