function in VB.net

Hi all
I am new to VB.NET.
In some code somewhere I found that

FunctionReadData = "Successfull"

here FubctionReadData is a method/function.
In C# assigning strings to functions like this is not possible.. But in VB.net it's possible..
What is this..? why we r assigning string to function names?

Thanks

Hi,

Sometimes it is required based on your logic in the program. The FunctionReadData function must have returns some variable reference that will be used in the program in further steps. If you put the code for FunctionReadData and the some line after FunctionReadData = "Sucessfull" then I can tell you the exact things.

-Paresh

Hello,
I am writing a code so that you can understand. Through this code we will determine whether a number is greater that 5 or not. We will pass number into the function. The function will return "Successfull" if our passed number is greater than 5.

'Code begins here
sub determine()
Dim str as string
str = determineresult(7)
msgbox (str)
end sub

Function determineresult (num1 as integer)
dim returnresult as string
if num1>5 then
returnresult="Successfull"
else
returnresult="Unsuccessfull"
End if
Retrun returnresult
End Function
'Code ends here

So, if the provided number is greater than 5 then the function will return a string value "Successfull". That value is not a function. That is only string variable. But it is rate to return string value from a function. The most common return value is Boolean.