In VB.NET where do you put the brackets when defining an array?

Asked Aug 10 '16 at 18:14

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this is my first question here on SO. I have been a long time reader, you all do great stuff!

What is the difference between:

Dim myArray() as Type

and;

Dim myArray as Type()

I have seen many examples that use these different notations and when I look at MSDN documentation it is always shown as the first example.

Is this just a user preference? Is there some underlying operation happening that I am not aware? Visual studio seems to treat them separately, but i read them as being "[variable] array of type" and "[variable] of type array". The second being a bit confusing.

Hopefully this isn't a duplicate question, and thanks for the help in advance.

asked Aug 10 '16 at 18:14

Steven Payne

Does the second example even compile? The equivalent wouldn't compile in C#, but VB.NET tends to be a bit looser on some things. – Tim Aug 10 '16 at 18:15
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Also a duplicate of: [What is the difference between Dim v As String() and Dim v() As String?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/533166/what-is-the-difference-between-dim-v-as-string-and-dim-v-as-string) – sstan Aug 10 '16 at 18:18
See also [Arrays in Visual Basic](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wak0wfyt.aspx) – Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp Aug 10 '16 at 18:20
Yes @Tim, it does. :) – Visual Vincent Aug 11 '16 at 00:04

In VB.NET where do you put the brackets when defining an array?

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