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Below are the core programming tasks and issues identified within several Visual Basic (VB) code snippets, each involving button click events, data processing, and output display in a Windows Forms application. The instructions involve predicting output, correcting errors, and restructuring code for better clarity and functionality. These tasks emphasize understanding variable scope, passing parameters, string manipulation, control structures, and program flow within VB.NET, centering around GUI event handlers.

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The first set of VB code involves a button click event that calls a function to triple a number and then displays the result and the original number in a list box. The function Triple takes a Double input and returns three times that value. When the button is clicked, it initializes a variable num with 5, adds the result of Triple(num) to the list, and then adds num again.

Predicted output of this event, on button click, would be:

  • 15 (which is three times 5, from Triple(num))
  • 5 (the original value of num)

Because num is passed by value to Triple, the original variable remains unchanged, which explains why 5 is printed after the tripled value.

The second code segment involves passing each of states and senators as Double, then calculating the total number of U.S. Senators and displaying the result in a text box. Here, states=50 and senators=2, so the multiplication states * senators results in 100, which is then displayed as:

"the number of U.S. Senators is 100".

In the third snippet, errors involve the mismatched parameters in the Display subroutine call. It is called with word and number in that order, but the subroutine is defined to receive a number (Double) first and a term (String) second, which causes a type mismatch. To fix this, the subroutine should be called as Display(number, word). The output would be:

"7 seven"

The fourth program requires restructuring to clearly separate input, processing, and output steps via dedicated subroutines. For example, inputting data about trees (species and height), processing it, then displaying results. Once corrected and organized, the output shows descriptive sentences about tall trees, such as:

"The tallest redwood tree in the U. S. is 362 feet."

"The tallest pine tree in the U. S. is 223 feet."

In the fifth code snippet, which involves string manipulation, the GetFacts subroutine is meant to assign a word and number via InputBox, and the function BefOfWord returns the substring of the first num characters. Proper variable scope management is essential—n is undefined in GetFacts; it should be num. When the user enters "education" and 3, the output in the textbox should be:

"The first 3 letters of education are edu."

The sixth code involves price calculation with discounts and taxes. Given inputs: item price=125, markdown=20%, sales tax=6%, the computed final cost would be:

Cost after discount: 125 - (20% of 125) = 125 - 25 = 100

Final cost after tax: 100 + (6% of 100) = 100 + 6 = 106

Displayed in the textbox as: "106".

The last snippet contains syntax errors. The method Twice intends to double the length of a string. It attempts to return len = 2 w.Length, but as it is inside a function with a Return statement, the correct approach is just Return 2 w.Length. Also, the variable len is unnecessary if directly returning. Corrected, the function would be:

Function Twice(ByVal w As String) As Integer

Return 2 * w.Length


End Function

When called with "education", the output would be 18 (since "education" has 9 letters, doubled to 18).

In summary, these code snippets exemplify fundamental aspects of Visual Basic programming, including variable scope, parameter passing (ByVal vs ByRef), string handling, user input/output, and error detection. Correct understanding and debugging of such code are vital for developing robust Windows applications, particularly when designing user interfaces that respond correctly to events, produce expected outcomes, and handle errors gracefully.

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