RESERVED WORDS


The Visual Basic programming language is made up of a large number of keywords (also referred to as reserved words) that have very specific meanings. An example of a reserved word is Dim, which is used to declare variables and arrays. Because it is a reserved word, you can only use the Dim keyword in your Visual Basic applications when you follow its syntax rules. In other words, you cannot use Dim as a variable name or as a name for any other programming construction (constants, arrays, structures, procedures, and so on).

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DEFINITION

A reserved word is one that Visual Basic sets aside for a specific purpose. You may only use reserved words in your Visual Basic applications If you follow the rules that govern their usage.

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Table 5.4 provides a listing of Visual Basic reserved words for your review.

Table 5.4: Visual Basic Reserved Words

AddHandler

AddressOf

Alias

And

AndAlso

Ansi

As

Assembly

Auto

Boolean

ByRef

Byte

ByVal

Call

Case

Catch

Cbool

Cbyte

Cchar

Cdate

Cdec

CDbl

Char

Cint

Class

CLng

Cobj

Const

Cshort

CSng

CStr

Ctype

Date

Decimal

Declare

Default

Delegate

Dim

DirectCast

Do

Double

Each

Else

Elself

End

EndIf

Enum

Erase

Error

Event

Exit

False

Finally

For

Friend

Function

Get

GetType

Global

GoSub

GoTo

Handles

If

Implements

Imports

In

Inherits

Integer

Interface

Is

Let

Lib

Like

Long

Loop

Me

Mod

Module

Mustlnherit

MustOverride

MyBase

MyClass

Namespace

New

Next

Not

Nothing

Notlnheritable

NotOverridable

Object

On

Option

Optional

Or

OrElse

Overloads

Overridable

Overrides

ParamArray

Preserve

Private

Property

Protected

Public

RaiseEvent

ReadOnly

ReDim

REM

RemoveHandler

Resume

Return

Select

Set

Shadows

Shared

Short

Single

Static

Step

Stop

String

Structure

Sub

SyncLock

Then

Throw

To

True

Try

TryCast

TypeOf

Unicode

Until

Variant

Wend

When

While

With

WithEvents

WriteOnly

Xor

#Const

#ExternalSource

#IfThen#Else

#Region

-

&

&=

*

*=

/

/=

\

\=

^

^=

+

+=

=

-=




Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner
ISBN: 1592008143
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 126

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