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  • New VB.NET Syntax since VS2005

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    I have not used VB.NET seriously after VS2003. Recently, I had to maintain an old VB.NET application so I had to spend a bit time to find out the VB equivalent of new C# syntax introduced in VS2005 or later:

    Category C# VB.NET
    Generics List<string> List(Of String)
    Object Initializer new Person() { First=”a”, Last=”b” } New Person() With {.First = “a”, .Last = “b” }
    Anonymous Type var a = new { First=”a”, Last=”b” }; Dim a= New With {.First = “a”, .Last = “b” }
    Array or Collection Initializer int[] a = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8};
    or
    int[] a = new int[] {0, 2, 4, 6, 8};     		Dim a() as Integer = {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}
    or
    Dim a() as Integer = New Integer()  {0, 2, 4, 6, 8}
    Dictionary Initializer Dictionary<int, string> d = {{1, "One"}, {2, "Two"}}; Dim d As Dictionary(Of Integer, String) = {{1, "One"}, {2, "Two"}}
    Lambda Expression x => x * x function(x) x*x
    Multiline Lambda Expression (input parameters) => {statements;} function(input parameters) 
        statements
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