Visual Basic® .NET by Example

Preparing to Debug a Program

A “bug” in programmer dialect is a code defect that can cause anomalous behavior. Bugs are normally caused by errors in the code; for example, you type + when you actually meant to type *. This would result in addition instead of multiplication and a totally different result from what you had expected. Other bugs are cause by mistakes in the program logic (the algorithm that underlies your program). An algorithm is a series of steps that are required to execute a task. These steps are (in your case) statements that a computer can execute.

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In a more general sense the word algorithm can be used to describe any series of steps that accomplishes a task, such as the steps required to withdraw money from an automatic ...