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Visual Basic Language Keywords

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2003/.NET Framework 1.1

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Visual Basic Language Reference

Visual Basic Language Keywords

The following table contains a listing of the Visual Basic .NET language keywords. All language keywords are reserved.

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	ElseIf
End	Enum	Erase	Error
Event	Exit	False	Finally
For	Friend	Function	Get
GetType	GoSub	GoTo	Handles
If	Implements	Imports	In
Inherits	Integer	Interface	Is
Let	Lib	Like	Long
Loop	Me	Mod	Module
MustInherit	MustOverride	MyBase	MyClass
Namespace	New	Next	Not
Nothing	NotInheritable	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	TypeOf
Unicode	Until	Variant	When
While	With	WithEvents	WriteOnly
Xor	#Const	#ExternalSource	#If...Then...#Else
#Region	-	&	&=
*	*=	/	/=
\	\=	^	^=
+	+=	=	-=

Note GoSub, Let, and Variant are retained as keywords, although they are no longer used in Visual Basic .NET.

See Also

Visual Basic Run-Time Library Members | Keywords and Members By Task

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