Keywords (Visual Basic Programming)

Note
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AddHandler	AddressOf	Alias	And
AndAlso	As	Boolean	ByRef
Byte	ByVal	Call	Case
Catch	CBool	CByte	CChar
CDate	CDbl	CDec	Char
CInt	Class Constraint	Class Statement	CLng
CObj	Const	Continue	CSByte
CShort	CSng	CStr	CType
CUInt	CULng	CUShort	Date
Decimal	Declare	Default	Delegate
Dim	DirectCast	Do	Double
Each	Else	ElseIf	End Statement
End <keyword>	EndIf	Enum	Erase
Error	Event	Exit	False
Finally	For (in For…Next)	For Each…Next	Friend
Function	Get	GetType	GetXMLNamespace
Global	GoSub	GoTo	Handles
If	If()	Implements	Implements Statement
Imports (.NET Namespace and Type)	Imports (XML Namespace)	In	In (Generic Modifier)
Inherits	Integer	Interface	Is
IsNot	Let	Lib	Like
Long	Loop	Me	Mod
Module	Module Statement	MustInherit	MustOverride
MyBase	MyClass	Namespace	Narrowing
New Constraint	New Operator	Next	Next (in Resume)
Not	Nothing	NotInheritable	NotOverridable
Object	Of	On	Operator
Option	Optional	Or	OrElse
Out (Generic Modifier)	Overloads	Overridable	Overrides
ParamArray	Partial	Private	Property
Protected	Public	RaiseEvent	ReadOnly
ReDim	REM	RemoveHandler	Resume
Return	SByte	Select	Set
Shadows	Shared	Short	Single
Static	Step	Stop	String
Structure Constraint	Structure Statement	Sub	SyncLock
Then	Throw	To	True
Try	TryCast	TypeOf…Is	UInteger
ULong	UShort	Using	Variant
Wend	When	While	Widening
With	WithEvents	WriteOnly	Xor
#Const	#Else	#ElseIf	#End
#If	=	&	&=
*	*=	/	/=
\	\=	^	^=
+	+=	-	-=
>> Operator (Visual Basic)	>>= Operator (Visual Basic)	<<	<<=

Note
EndIf , GoSub, Variant, and Wend are retained as reserved keywords, although they are no longer used in Visual Basic. The meaning of the Let keyword has changed. Let is now used in LINQ queries.

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