Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers: Deitel Developer Series, Second Edition

Chapter 7. Methods: A Deeper Look

The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention.

—Alfred North Whitehead

Form ever follows function.

—Louis Henri Sullivan

Call me Ishmael.

—Herman Melville, Moby Dick

When you call me that, smile!

—Owen Wister

O! call back yesterday, bid time return.

—William Shakespeare

Answer me in one word.

—William Shakespeare

There is a point at which methods devour themselves.

—Frantz Fanon

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn: To construct programs modularly from methods. That Shared methods are associated with a class rather than a specific instance of the class. To use common Math methods from the Framework Class Library. To create new methods. The mechanisms ...