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VB CS1 Lesson 4 Vocabulary

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Caption
when Caption follows a period it indicates that the value to the right of the assignment operator will be assigned to the Caption property of the label.
Assignment operator
(=) Assigns the value to the right of the operator to the item to the left of the operator.
Operators
Symbols that perform specific operations in Visual Basic statements.
Val function
Takes numbers that are in a text format and returns a numeric value that can be used in calculations.
Line-continuation character
Tells the compiler to skip to the next line and treat the text there as if it were a part of the same line.
Modulus
Returns the remainder of integer division.
Unary minus
Using the subtraction operator to perform negation (making a positive value negative or making a negative value positive).
Hard-coded
Refers to information that is entered directly into the source code and cannot change while the program runs.
Integers
all positive and negative whole numbers, including zero.
Text
when Text follows the period it accesses the values entered by the user in the text boxes.
Text boxes
The fields placed on dialog boxes and in other windows that allow the user to enter a value.
Label control
Used to place text on a form.
Integer division
Returns only the whole number portion of division of integers.
Truncation
The process of removing everything to the right of the decimal point.
Fix function
Returns a truncated whole number after a calculation is performed.

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