title: Why does a VB.Net function that returns string only actually return a single character?
body: <p>I'm calling a function that returns a string, but it's only actually returning the first character of the string it's supposed to be returning.</p>
  
  <p>Here's a sample piece of code to recreate the issue I'm experiencing:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Public Function GetSomeStringValue(Value as Integer) As String
      ... Code Goes here
      Return Some_Multicharacter_string
  End Function
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The function call looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SomeStringValue = GetSomeStringValue(Value)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why is this not returning the entire string?</p>