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Statements in Visual Basic

Visual Studio 2008

A statement in Visual Basic is a complete instruction that can contain keywords, operators, variables, constants, and expressions. All statements fall into one of two categories: declaration statements, which name a variable, constant, or procedure and can also specify a data type; or executable statements, which initiate actions.

In This Section

Statements Overview: Provides a high-level look at statements, including how to have multiple statements on one line, continue a statement over multiple lines, add comments, and check compilation errors.
Assignment Statements: Describes statements that carry out assignment operations, which assign the value on the right side of the operator to the variable on the left side.
Declaration Statements in Visual Basic: Describes statements that name and define procedures, variables, arrays, and constants.
Executable Statements: Describes statements that initiate action by executing a method. Executable statements can loop or branch through blocks of code, and often contain mathematical or conditional operators.

Related Sections

Assignment Operators: Provides links to language reference pages covering assignment operators such as =, *=, and &=.
Operators and Expressions in Visual Basic: Shows how to combine elements with operators to yield new values.

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