[BigdWiki]

Here is my problem:

Write a program that requests a color as input in a text box and then determines whether or not the color is in the text file. The program should use the Boolean-valued Function procedure IsCrayola that returns the value True if the color in the text box is a Crayola color.

Here is my code:

Public Class Form1
    Dim colors() As String = IO.File.ReadAllLines("colors.txt")
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        If TextBox1.Text = "" Then MessageBox.Show("No color!") 'Input validation!
        If IsCrayola() = 1 Then MessageBox.Show("Color Found") Else MessageBox.Show("Not Found")
    End Sub
    Function IsCrayola(ByVal colors As String) As Boolean
        Dim FindString As String = TextBox1.Text
        For Each Str As String In colors
            If Str.Contains(FindString) Then
                Return CBool(1)
            End If
        Next
    End Function
End Class

What am I missing? Thanks!

[tlhIn`toq]

Who says you're missing anything? Are you having errors or crashes?


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[BigdWiki]

Wow. How useless you are, "tlhIn`toq". And by your name it says "mentor". What a joke! I coded the problem, and posted what I've written. Obviously its not working, otherwise I wouldn't have posted here.

If you see what I'm doing wrong, please let me know. Otherwise, there is no need to post garbage like that.

[Neku]

three things:
1) be nice to other people and watch your tongue! no one here get paid for helping on this site and even if people were to gain money for this you have no right to talk this way!
2) the code you posted is not VB6 but vb.NET so post it in the right forum next time.
3)unhappy with the help you get here then you can just go! dont waste people's time here!

[BigdWiki]

Neku, on 31 January 2012 - 03:15 PM, said:

3)unhappy with the help you get here then you can just go! dont waste people's time here!

That's some sound advice, and I'm taking it.

[tlhIn`toq]

tlhIn`toq, on 31 January 2012 - 03:53 PM, said:

Who says you're missing anything? Are you having errors or crashes?

"It doesn't work" isn't good enough - Read this article

BigdWiki, on 31 January 2012 - 03:58 PM, said:

Wow. How useless you are, "tlhIn`toq". And by your name it says "mentor". What a joke! I coded the problem, and posted what I've written. Obviously its not working, otherwise I wouldn't have posted here.

If you see what I'm doing wrong, please let me know. Otherwise, there is no need to post garbage like that.

Ok. Let's try this from a different direction. Your first message only said "Is there anything I'm missing?" Which for all any of us could interpret meant "Do you say any part of the instructions that I failed to code?" IE. Something you missed. Not something you did wrong. It didn't even mention that you *had* a problem, let alone hint at what the problem might be. Even after your childish rant you still failed to tell any of us what the problem is. How can we help you to fix something if you don't tell us what is broken?

I'm not sure what 'mentor' means in your native language. But in English it means

Quote

a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

and is synonamous with adviser, master, guide, preceptor.

It does NOT mean... Your code monkey, your mind reader or your verbal abuse whipping boy.

In the absence of any specific information or explanation from you the only response available was to ask you what type of trouble you were having and provide some helpful, albeit generalized information.

Now I'm willing to give you a second chance before putting you on my personal "Do not help" list. I recognize that we all have bad days.

If you would like to take a moment to regain your composure, then come back and write a decent explanation of the problem... maybe detail in what way you aren't getting the results/behavior you expected... screen shots of error messages... In other words, help us to help you... And do so in an adult manner that lets the professionals here know you are appreciative that they graciously donate their time to helping the next generation of coders develop their craft.

[maj3091]

A couple of things.

Your code is VB.Net, so you'd be better asking for it to be moved to the correct forum.

That being said, on the absence of any description of your error, as a suggestion, have a look at the call to your function, how you check the result and your return types from the function.