What are square brackets used for?
Hello all, just curious on this.
What's the difference between something like
Dim strName as String, and
Dim strName as [String] ?
And where/why would you use [ ] if there is a difference?
Thank you in advance.
[237 byte] By [
MickyG] at [2008-1-27]
They are used for reserved words. Stop is a reserved word. If you were to do the following:
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Public Sub Stop()
_Stopped = True
End Sub
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You would get a compile error. Adding brackets around Stop allows you to use it. In vb.classic this wasn't available.
Cheers,
Chid
Ok I understand that, it makes sense but I don't see why you'd use it in this context then:
Dim strName as String
strName = [String].Empty
I've seen it used like that in the ASP.NET starter kits. Any ideas why it's not this instead:
strName = String.Empty
Thanks for your help
There is no difference. I have found that some of the C# to VB converters will put brackets in where they don't really belong. I recently converted a project and it changed all references to the Text property of the object to [Text]. Doesn't hurt anything, just a bit of overkill. That might explain the code in the starter kits.
Chid
elf_sander wrote: