VB.NET Keywords

Keywords are words with specific meaning when using in VB.NET scripting.

Reserved Keywords

Reserved keywords are words that cannot be used as names for programming elements such as variables or procedures. But this restriction can be bypass by enclosing the word in brackets, [].

AddHandler
AddressOf
Alias
And
AndAlso
As
Boolean
ByRef
Byte
ByVal
Call
Case
Catch
CBool
CByte
CChar
CDate
CDbl
CDec
Char
CInt
Class Constraint
Class Statement
CLng
CObj
Const
Continue
CSByte
CShort
CSng
CStr
CType
CUInt
CULng
CUShort
Date
Decimal
Declare
Default
Delegate
Dim
DirectCast
Do
Double
Each
Else
ElseIf
End Statement
End <keyword>
EndIf
Enum
Erase
Error
Event
Exit
False
Finally
For (in For…Next)
For Each…Next
Friend
Function
Get
GetType
GetXMLNamespace
Global
GoSub
GoTo
Handles
If
If()
Implements
Implements Statement
Imports (.NET Namespace and Type)
Imports (XML Namespace)
In
In (Generic Modifier)
Inherits
Integer
Interface
Is
IsNot
Let
Lib
Like
Long
Loop
Me
Mod
Module
Module Statement
MustInherit
MustOverride
MyBase
MyClass
Namespace
Narrowing
New Constraint
New Operator
Next
Next (in Resume)
Not
Nothing
NotInheritable
NotOverridable
Object
Of
On
Operator
Option
Optional
Or
OrElse
Out (Generic Modifier)
Overloads
Overridable
Overrides
ParamArray
Partial
Private
Property
Protected
Public
RaiseEvent
ReadOnly
ReDim
REM
RemoveHandler
Resume
Return
SByte
Select
Set
Shadows
Shared
Short
Single
Static
Step
Stop
String
Structure Constraint
Structure Statement
Sub
SyncLock
Then
Throw
To
True
Try
TryCast
TypeOf…Is
UInteger
ULong
UShort
Using
Variant
Wend
When
While
Widening
With
WithEvents
WriteOnly
Xor
#Const
#Else
#ElseIf
#End
#If
=
&
&=
*
*=
/
/=
\
\=
^
^=
+
+=
-
-=
>> Operator
>>= Operator
<<
<<=

Keyword EndIf, GoSub, Variant, and Wend are retained as reserved keywords, although they are no longer used in Visual Basic. The meaning of the Let keyword has changed. Let is now used in LINQ queries.

Unreserved Keywords

Unreserved keywords are words that can be used as names for programming elements such as variables or procedures. However, this is not a good practice because the code may be hard to read and can lead to subtle errors that may be difficult to find.

Aggregate
Ansi
Assembly
Async
Auto
Await
Binary
Compare
Custom
Distinct
Equals
Explicit
From
Group By
Group Join
Into
IsFalse
IsTrue
Iterator
Join
Key
Mid
Off
Order By
Preserve
Skip
Skip While
Strict
Take
Take While
Text
Unicode
Until
Where
Yield
#ExternalSource
#Region

Source/Reference

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/language-reference/keywords/

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