Debugging type mismatch error in function

Question

Why am I getting a type mismatch error on line 4 when I execute the below code?

Function delete()
    delete= True
End function
delete() = False
if delete() = False then
    MsgBox "Yes"
else
    MsgBox "No"
end if

Siva Charan · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-22 18:58:49Z

3

You can't assign a value to a function this way delete() = False

You need to remove this line delete() = False. I don't see any use with line 4.

answered Mar 22, 2014 at 18:52

Siva Charan

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5 Comments

If i put delete = False then i am getting Illegal assignment error and why it is not giving type mismatch with if statement?

@user3313770: You need to remove line 4

@user3313770 You can't assign a value to a function. At all. Functions are not properties.

@AnsgarWiechers Though you can assign a value to the function name, of course, from within the function. That is, the function's return value.

@Bond Yes. That's how functions return values in VBScript. And it only works for each function name inside its own body.