Data Types

[serban]

Hello

What is the difference between these lines:
Private Shared s as [String]
Private Shared s as String


Thank you
serban

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Re: Data Types

Serban,
Nothing.

In VB.NET when you want to use a keyword for an identifier you include the
keyword in square brackets. This is known as an 'Escaped Identifier'.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...fVBSpec2_2.asp

For example, if I wanted to create a variable named string I would use:

Private Shared [string] As String

Then when I wanted to use the variable named string:

[string] = "Hello World!"

Seeing as String is a keyword that happens to be an alias for the
System.String datatype. In your example String & [String] both refer to
System.String, so there is no difference.

Hope this helps
Jay

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> Hello
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> What is the difference between these lines:
> Private Shared s as [String]
> Private Shared s as String
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> Thank you
> serban[/color]