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FUNCTIONS 'O' Level

The document provides an overview of functions in programming, explaining their characteristics, types, and examples of built-in functions. It details string manipulation functions, conversion functions, and includes code snippets demonstrating their usage. Additionally, it covers random number generation and mathematical operations using functions.

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FUNCTIONS 'O' Level

The document provides an overview of functions in programming, explaining their characteristics, types, and examples of built-in functions. It details string manipulation functions, conversion functions, and includes code snippets demonstrating their usage. Additionally, it covers random number generation and mathematical operations using functions.

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FUNCTIONS

DEF

 A function is a self contained module that returns a value to the part


of a program which call it every time it is called or executed.
 OR it is a block of code that perform a specific task and returns a
value.

CHARACTERISTICS
 It has a name just like variables.
 Takes zero or more arguments (also known as parameters)

 Performs some calculations or operations.


 A function returns a value.
CONT…..

 Functions can be in_ built or user defined


IN_BUILT FUNCTIONS

 Are already available for use in your library. Eg


1) Math. Abs()- returns the absolute value of a number.
2) Math. Sqrt () – returns the square root of a number
3) String. Length () – returns the length of a string.
4) String. ToUpper () – convert a string to uppercase.
5) Convert. ToInt32() – convert a value to an integer.
CONVERSION FUNCTIONS

 Are functions that convert one type of data to another.


 Most of the functions start with letter “C” e.g
 Cbool, Cbyte, Ccur, Cdate, CDbl, CSng,CLng, CStr,Cvar e.t.c
 Val and Str functions enable you to convert from string to a number
and from a number to a string respectively.
SRING FUNCTIONS

 Functions that have a non – numeric result in most cases.


 Used to manipulate a string or query information about a string.e.g
THE LEN FUNCTION
 Used to find out number of characters in any given string.
SYNTAX - Len(string)
THE MID FUNCTION
 used to return a substring containing a specified number of characters from a
string.
SYNTAX – Mid(string, start[, length])
 String - string expression from which characters are returned.
 Start - long. Character position in string at which the part to taken begins.
 Length – length is optional. Number of characters t return
CONT…

 THE LEFT FUNCTION


 extract the left Portion of a string
 SYNTAX – Left (“string”,n)
THE RIGHT FUNCTION
 Extract the right portion of a string
 SYNTAX – Right (“String”, n )
THE SPACE FUNCTION
 Used to return a string containing a specified number of blank space.
THE UCASE AND LCASE
 Used to convert all characters of a string form lower case to capital letters
 Lcase convert all character of a string from uppercase to small letters
RESERVED WORD

 INTERFACE
CODE

Dim word As String


word = TextBox1.Text
Dim reversedword As String = StrReverse(word)
TextBox2.Text = reversedword
CODE 2

 Dim inputstring As String = TextBox1.Text


 Dim reversedString As String = ""
 For i As Integer = inputstring.Length - 1 To 0 Step -1
 reversedString &= inputstring(i)
 Next
 TextBox2.Text = reversedString
 End Sub
OUTPUT
CHARACTER COUNT IN A STRING

INTERFACE
CODE

Dim inputword As String = TextBox1.Text


Dim charactercount As Integer = Len(inputword)
lbldisplay.Text = "Number of characters- " & charactercount.ToString
OUTPUT
RANDOM FUNCTION

USING CONSOLE APPLICATION

IMPORTS SYSTEM.CONSOLE
MODULE RANDOMEXAMPLE
Sub main()
Dim rand as new random
Dim num as integer
For i as integer = 1 to 10
Num = rand.next(1,10)
Writeline(num)
Next I
Readkey ()
WINDOWS APPLICATION

Dim num as integer


Randomize()
Num = Int(Rand()* 6) + 1
Lbldisplay.text = num

OR
Dim rand as new randpm
Dim numrand as integer
Numrand – rand. Next (1,7)
Lbldisplay.text
UCASE PROGRAM

 Dim inputword As String = TextBox1.Text


 Dim smallLetters As String = UCase(inputword)
 TextBox2.Text = smallLetters
OUTPUT
MATH.SQRT

CODE
 Dim inputNumber As Integer = TextBox1.Text
 Dim root As Double = Math.Sqrt(inputNumber)
 TextBox2.Text = root

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