Imports System
Public Class Program
Public Shared Function sumDigits(ByVal num As Long) As Integer
Dim sum As Integer = 0
While num <> 0
sum = sum + num Mod 10
num = num \ 10 ' \ not /
End While
Return sum
End Function
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim n As Long = 59017
Console.Write(sumDigits(n))
End Sub
End Class
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