Visual Basic (.NET)
- Appeared in:
- 2001
- Influenced:
- Paradigm:
- Typing discipline:
- File extensions:
- .vb
”’Visual Basic”’ (also ”’Visual Basic .NET”’ to distinguish from classical VB) is a programming language developed by Microsoft in 2001.
Elements of syntax:
| Inline comments | ' |
|---|---|
| Case-sensitivity | no |
| Variable assignment | <name> = <value> |
| Variable declaration | Dim <name> [As <type>] |
| Variable declaration with assignment | Dim <name> [As <type>] = <value> |
| Function definition | Function <name> (Param1 [As <type>], Param2 [As <type>]...) |
| Function call | [<class>.]<funcName>(Param1 [As <type>], Param2 [As <type>]...) |
| Function call with no parameters | [<class>.]<funcName>() |
| If - then | If <condition> Then ... End If |
| If - then - else | If <condition> Then ... Else ... End If |
| Loop forever | While True (newline) ... End While |
| While condition do | While <condition> (newline) ... End While |
| Do until condition | While Not <condition> (newline) ... End While |
| For each value in a numeric range, 1 increment | For <cntrVarName> [[As <numericType>] = <startVal>] To <endVal> [Step 1] (newline) ... End For |
| For each value in a numeric range, 1 decrement | For <cntrVarName> [[As <numericType>] = <startVal>] To <endVal> Step -1 (newline) ... End For |
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