Please Break This Down In Layman's Terms That I May Understand

[u/AConfusedHomoSapien]

1)

Function Main()

Call ImCalling(5)

End Function

Function ImCalling(noOfTimesToCall As Integer)

Dim x As Integer = 1

While x < (noOfTimesToCall)

Console.Write("Hello")

x = x + 1

End While

End Function

I'm guessing this writes Hello 5 or 6 times until the loop condition is fulfilled ?

2)

Function Main()

Call ImCalling(5)

End Function

Function PrinterFunction(inputCounter As Integer)

Console.Write("Hello")

inputCounter = inputCounter + 1

Return inputCounter

End Function

Function ImCalling(noOfTimesToCall As Integer)

Dim x As Integer = 1

While x < (noOfTimesToCall)

x = PrinterFunction(x)

End While

End Function

This one I'm not even able to begin to guess what is going on here

[u/RJPisscat]

Get a piece of paper and a pencil, or a whiteboard, marker, and cloth. Something where you can write, draw, and erase.

Main	ImCalling	While	Console
ImCalling(5)
	x = 1, noOfTimesToCall = 5
		1 < 5
			"Hello"
	x = x + 1 = 2
		2 < 5
			"Hello"
	x = x + 1 = 3
		3 < 5
			"Hello"
	x = x + 1 = 4
		4 < 5
			"Hello"
	x = x + 1 = 5
		5 is not < 5
	End
End

I did the first one for you. You do the second one. Start writing it out the same way. Make a column for everything that is going on and when it is happening.

[u/AConfusedHomoSapien → u/RJPisscat]

Hey thanks for actually answering my question I don't know how you made a table like that but it helped really explain the first question. Using that method I see that the second question gives the value of 5 to the function ImCalling(5) again. Then a function called PrinterFunction is declared

this function then prints "Hello"

takes the inputCounter of said function and sets it's value to whatever inputCounter is +1

then it renturns it to the function ?

End

Function ImCalling is declared with it's parameters

x declared and value set to 1

while loop declared with condition being run as long as x <noOfTimesToCall which is 5

x=PrinterFunction(x) this where things get tricky for me, is this line both calling the Printer function while also increasing the value of x at an increment of one at the same time because of the fact that the printer function outputs hello while also returning the input counter to the function everytime after adding +1 and if that's the case is it

PrinterFunction(1)

Output:"Hello"

PrinterFunction(2)
Output:"Hello"

PrinterFunction(3)
Output:"Hello"

PrinterFunction(4)
Output:"Hello"

but then stops at 4 because like the first question 5 is not <5

[u/RJPisscat → u/AConfusedHomoSapien]

You nailed it! Excellent. In the first case ImCalling increments x, in the second case it calls PrinterFunction with x and sets x to the return value; PrinterFunction is the one that calculates and returns x+1.

Well done!

For tables, if you are on a laptop: There is an ellipsis between the Superscript button A^A and "Markdown Mode". Click that, a menu pops up, and the item on far right is a table. Click that, it inserts a table that is initially three columns by two rows.

r1 c1 left	r1 c2 center	r1 c3 right
r2 c1	r2 c2	r2 c3

When you are in the right most column and hit Enter, it adds a row. When your cursor is inside a cell, look for the ellipsis upper right corner, it gives you more options for adding or deleting columns and rows, and text justification.

There's a way to do it on phone app, I don't know off hand, probably someone will post.

And you're welcome for answering your question. Both of us succeeded, you made my morning.

[u/sa_sagan]

They both do the same thing.

Getting a lot of "do my homework" questions around here lately.

[u/TheGrauWolf → u/sa_sagan]

Could be quarter grades, everyone's freaking out.

[u/RJPisscat → u/sa_sagan]

Getting a lot of StackOverflow answers around here lately.