[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] ! (exclamation point) type identifier $ (dollar sign) type identifier & (ampersand) string concatenation operator &= concatenation assignment operator < less-than comparison operator <= less-than-or-equal-to comparison operator <\\> inequality operator * (asterisk) multiplication operator in regular expressions *= multiplication assignment operator + (plus) addition operator in regular expressions string concatenation operator += addition assignment operator - (minus) subtraction operator -= subtraction assignment operator . (period) in regular expressions .NET [See VB.NET] / division operator /= division assignment operator = (equals sign) assignment operator 2nd comparison operator ? (question mark) in regular expressions @ (at sign) type identifier [] (brackets) in regular expressions \ integer division operator \: ( colon ) and line numbers \\> greater-than comparison operator \\>= greater-than-or-equal-to comparison operator \\\\= integer division assignment operator ^ (caret) exponentiation operator ^= exponential assignment operator _ ( underscore ) VB.NET line continuation character {} (curly brackets) in regular expressions |