Calculates the power of a value, defaults to square : Function « Class Module « VB.Net Tutorial






Public Class Tester
   Public Shared Sub Main
      Console.WriteLine(Power(12))

      Console.WriteLine(Power(2,2))
    End Sub 
   
  ' use iteration to calculate power
   Shared Function Power(ByVal base As Integer, _
      Optional ByVal exponent As Integer = 2) As Integer

      Dim total As Integer = 1
      Dim i As Integer

      For i = 1 To exponent
         total *= base
      Next

      Return total
   End Function ' Power

End Class
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6.2.Function
6.2.1.Define function in a Module
6.2.2.Pass Double to a function
6.2.3.Calculates the power of a value, defaults to square
6.2.4.Assign function return value to variables
6.2.5.Call function as a statement
6.2.6.Use function in If statement
6.2.7.Function procedure to square a number.
6.2.8.Finds the maximum of three numbers input
6.2.9.Function with string return
6.2.10.Return double type value from Function
6.2.11.Define function and call it in a Module
6.2.12.Functions with different parameter number
6.2.13.Return string type value from function