Get Statement
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Declares a Get property procedure used to retrieve the value of a property.
[ <attrlist> ] Get() [ block ] End Get
Parts
- attrlist
- Optional. List of attributes that apply to this Get block. Multiple attributes are separated by commas.
- block
- Optional. The body of the Get property procedure contains code to return the property value.
- End Get
- Terminates a Get property procedure.
Each attribute in the attrlist part has the following syntax and parts:
attrname [({ attrargs | attrinit })]
attrlist Parts
- attrname
- Required. Name of the attribute. Must be a valid Visual Basic identifier.
- attrargs
- Optional. List of positional arguments for this attribute. Multiple arguments are separated by commas.
- attrinit
- Optional. List of field or property initializers for this attribute. Multiple initializers are separated by commas.
Remarks
Get property procedures can return a value using either the Return keyword or by assigning the return value to the property where the get procedure is declared. The value returned by a Get property procedure is usually a private class level variable that stored the property value after a property set operation.
Example
This example uses the Get statement to return the value of a property.
Class PropClass
' Define a local variable to store the property value.
Private CurrentTime As String
' Define the property.
Public ReadOnly Property DateAndTime() As String
Get
' Get procedure is called when the value
' of a property is retrieved.
CurrentTime = CStr(Now)
Return CurrentTime ' Returns the date and time As a string.
End Get
End Property
End Class
