Method Overloading in Visual Basic

by · December 30, 2014

Which allows you to create more than one method with the same name, but with a different set of parameters. When you call the method, the CLR automatically chooses the correct version by examining the parameters you supply.

Example

Module Module1

    Sub Main()

        Dim returnedValue As Integer
        Dim returnedStringValue As String

        'Calling with integer
        returnedValue = MyFunc(100)
        Console.WriteLine(returnedValue)

        'Calling with String
        returnedStringValue = MyFunc("Sample")
        Console.WriteLine(returnedStringValue)

        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub

    ' Passing a Integer
    Private Function MyFunc(ByVal number1 As Integer) As Integer
        Return number1 + 1
    End Function

    'Passing a String
    Private Function MyFunc(ByVal string1 As String) As String
        Return string1 + " append"
    End Function

End Module

Output

101
Sample append
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