Coding the algorithm is the second step in the problem-solving process.

Many programmers use comments to document a procedure’s purpose, as well as to explain various sections of the procedure’s code.

Comments make the code less readable but easier to understand by anyone viewing it.

When creating a comment in a program, a space is required to separate the apostrophe from the comment itself.

The syntax of the Val function is Val(text), where text is the characters you want treated as a number.

For a text argument in the Val function to be converted to a number, it must contain only numbers and an optional period.

When an invalid character is encountered in a text argument in a Val function, the Val function notes an error and continues the process.

You instruct the computer to perform a calculation by writing an arithmetic expression that contains one or more arithmetic operators.

In the order of precedence, an exponentiation operator has a precedence number of 1.

In the order of precedence, the modulus operator has a lower priority than the addition and subtraction operators.

You might use the integer division operator in a program that determines the number of quarters, dimes, and nickels to return as change to a customer.

The modulus operator cannot be used to divide numbers that contain a decimal place.

A(n) ____ box is designed to accept information from the user, and it automatically stores the information in its Text property.

A ____ is a message to the person reading the code.

A comment is referred to as ____ documentation.

You create a comment in Visual Basic by placing a(n) ____ before the text that represents the comment.

A ____ is a predefined procedure that performs a specific task and then returns a value after completing the task.

The ____ function temporarily converts one or more characters to a number, and then returns the number.

An ____ represents information that is passed to the function while the function is processing.

The function Val(txtSales.Text) returns the number ____ when the txtSales control is empty.

____ indicate the order in which the computer performs the operation in an expression.

You use the ____ operator ( \ ) to divide two integers (whole numbers), and then return the result as an integer.

After dividing the numbers, the ____ operator returns the remainder of the division.

A(n) ____ is used to assign a value to something (such as the property of a control) while an application is running.

The equal sign in an assignment statement is referred to as the ____.