Expressions and Operators

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Table C.2 outlines the operators found in VB.NET.

Table C.2. Operator Types in VB.NET

Category	Operators
Primary	All nonoperator expressions.
Exponentiation	^
Unary Negation	+ , -
Multiplicative	* , /
Integer Division	\
Modulus	%
Additive	+ -
Concatenation	&
Relational	= , < , > , <= , >= , Like , Is , TypeOf
Conditional NOT	Not
Conditional AND	And , AndAlso
Conditional OR	Or , OrElse
Conditional XOR	XOr

Expressions are evaluated in order of operator precedence. This precedence is based upon the associativity of the operators:

• Except for assignment operators, all binary operators are performed from left to right.

• Assignment operators and the conditional operator are evaluated from right to left.

• Precedence may be controlled through the use of parentheses.

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