Based on what it returns, what would be a better name for the function "Mystery" in the following program? Private Sub btnDisplay_Click (...) Handles btnDisplay.Click
Dim sentence As String, result As String
sentence = "Socrates is a man."
result = Mystery (sentence)
txtBox. Text = result
End Sub
Function Mystery (sentence As String) As String
Dim position As Integer
position = sentence.Indexof(" ")
Return sentence.Substring(0, position)
End Function

A) FirstWord
B) LastWord
C) FirstLetter
D) LastLetter
E) DoesNothing

Question

Based on what it returns, what would be a better name for the function "Mystery" in the following program? Private Sub btnDisplay_Click (...) Handles btnDisplay.Click
Dim sentence As String, result As String
sentence = "Socrates is a man."
result = Mystery (sentence)
txtBox. Text = result
End Sub
Function Mystery (sentence As String) As String
Dim position As Integer
position = sentence.Indexof(" ")
Return sentence.Substring(0, position)
End Function

A) FirstWord
B) LastWord
C) FirstLetter
D) LastLetter
E) DoesNothing

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The function returns the first word of the input sentence, so a better name for the function would be something like "FirstWord" to describe what it is doing.

Based on What It Returns, What Would Be a Better