VB.NET string concatenation operator

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March 2nd, 2004, 11:08 AM

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VB.NET string concatenation operator

Is it completely legal to use plus sign (+) as the string concat operator in vb.net? IIRC in VB the & sign must be used.

so if I do this in vb.net:

Code:

Dim a As String = "100"
Dim b As String = "25"
b = b + a
'b += a

it will be the same as:

Code:

b = b & a
'b &= a

oh Shiznit, I really hated the & as concat op but I didn't know they allowed the plus sign in vb.net, so I've been using & all along

March 4th, 2004, 04:14 AM

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well if it's any use according to the sams vb .net 2003 in 24 hours i'm working through you should stick to & since + might yield incorrect results when you don't use Option Strict

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