GREATFRIENDS VTALKS #8

 VB Language Versions  Extension Method

 Local Type Inference  Query Expression

 Nullable Types  Lambda Expression
 If()
 Partial Methods
 Object Initialization  Friend Assembly
Expression
 Anonymous Types

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Visual Studio 6  VB 6.0
Visual Studio .NET 2002  VB 7.0 (.NET 1.0)
Visual Studio .NET 2003  VB 7.1 (.NET 1.1)
Visual Studio 2005  VB 8.0 (.NET 2.0)
Visual Studio 2008  VB 9.0 (.NET 3.5)

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Dim x1 = 0 „ --- what is the x1‟s data type?

Dim x2 = 5.5
Dim x3 = 0.0
Dim x4 = “a”c
Dim x5 = “GreatFriends” ‘ --- New Option statement
Dim x6 = x5.Length()
Dim x7 = x5.ToCharArray() Option Infer On|Off

Dim x8
x8 = 9900100200

What the x8‟s data type?

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„ --- VB 8.0
Dim n As Nullable(Of Integer) = Nothing
Dim m As Integer
If (n.HasValue) Then
m = n.Value // c# 2.0
Else int? n = null;
m=0 int m = n ?? 0;
End If

„ --- VB 9.0
Dim n As Integer? = Nothing
Dim m = If (n, 0)
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 If (bool, obj1, obj2) 1 -- likes IIF (immediate if) but short-

circuit
If (bool) then
Return(obj1)
Else
Return(obj2)
 If (obj1, obj2) 2 -- likes Nz() and IsNull()
If (obj1 Is Nothing) Then
Return(obj2)
Else
Return(obj1)

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Dim n = 120
Dim d = 4

Dim X1 = n / d
Dim X2 = If(d <> 0, n/d, 0)
Dim X3 = Iif(d <> 0, n/d, 0)

d=0
Dim X4 = n / d
Dim X5 = If(d <> 0, n/d, 0)
Dim X6 = Iif(d <> 0, n/d, 0)

What are the X‟s result value and its data type?

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Class Ticket
Public UserName As String
Public MessageId As Integer
Named Type
End Class

Dim t1 As New Ticket With { _ Dim t1 As Ticket

.UserName = “Iko_ba”, _ t1 = New Ticket()
.MessageId = 72896} t1.UserName = “Iko_ba”
t1.MessageId = 72896

{ Initializer List … }
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Class Ticket
Public UserName As String
Public MessageId As Integer
Public Sub New(UserName As String)
Me.UserName = UserName
End Sub
End Class

Dim t1 As New Ticket(“Iko_ba”) With { _

.MessageId = 72896}

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Class Ticket
Public UserName As String
Public MessageId As Integer
Public TicketString As String
End Class

Dim t1 As New Ticket With { _

.UserName = “Iko_ba”, _
.MessageId = 72896, _
.TicketString = .MessageId & “|” & .UserName }

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Public Class Message
Public Id As Integer
Public DateCreated As Date
End Class
Class Ticket
Public Owner As String
Public Msg As Message
Public TicketString As String
End Class

Dim t3 As New Ticket With { _

.Owner = "suthep", _
.Msg = New Message With { .Id = 72896,.DateCreated = Now() }, _
.TicketString = .Msg.Id & "|" & .Owner }
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Dim t1 = New With { _ Anonymous Type

.UserName = “Iko_ba”, _
.MessageId = 72896, _
.TicketString = .MessageId & “|” & .UserName }
MsgBox(t1.TicketString) „ --- “72896|Iko_ba”

Dim t2 = New With { _

Key .UserName = “Iko_ba”, _
Key .MessageId = 72896, _
.TicketString = .MessageId & “|” & .UserName }
t2.UserName = “Suthep” „ Error. Key Property is read-only
Comparison sample  If (t2.Equals(t3)) Then …
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Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices

<Extension()> _
Public Function Bold(ByVal text As String) As String
Return ("<b>" & text & "</b>")
End Function

Dim userName As String = “surrealist”

spanUser.InnerHtml = userName.Bold()

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<Extension()> _
Public Function ToCommaList(ByVal arr() As String) As String
If (arr.Length = 0) Then Return (String.Empty)
Dim out As New StringBuilder()
out.AppendFormat("Found {0} items:", arr.Length)
out.AppendLine()
out.Append(arr(0))
For n As Integer = 1 To arr.Length - 1
out.Append(", " & arr(n))
Next
out.AppendLine(".")
Return (out.ToString())
End Function

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 <Extension()> _
Public Function ToLines(ByVal raw As String) As String()
Dim lines() As String
lines = raw.Split(New Char() {Chr(10), Chr(13)}, _
StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
Return (lines)
End Function

Dim lines() = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText(“C:\Data.txt”).ToLines()

Dim lines2() = ToLines(My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText(“C:\Data.txt”))

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A lambda expression is a function without a name that

calculates and returns a single value.

Lambda expression:
Function (num As Integer) num + 1

Think like this:

Function NoName(num As Integer)
Return(num + 1)
End Function

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A lambda expression is a function without a name that
calculates and returns a single value.

Lambda expression:
Function (num As Integer) num + 1

Think like this:

Function NoName(num As Integer) As Integer
Return(num + 1)
End Function

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Predicate is a function (or lambda expression) that return boolean

Dim numbers() As String = New String() { _

"one", "two", "three", "four", _
"five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine"}

Dim result = Array.FindAll(numbers, _

Function(s As String) s.Length <= 4)
Debug.Print(result.ToCommaList())

Result:
Found 6 items:
one, two, four, five, six, nine.

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Dim numbers() As String = New String() { _
"one", "two", "three", "four", _
"five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine"}
Think in your head:
For Each n In Number …
Dim q = From n In numbers _
Where n.Length <= 4
Dim q = numbers _
.Where(Function(n) n.Length <= 4) _
.Select(Function(n) n)

Debug.Print(q.ToCommaList())
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Dim q = From n In numbers _

Where n.Length <= 4 _
Select New With { .Name = n, .Length = n.Length }

For Each item In q

Debug.Print(“{0} ({1})”, item.Name, item.Length)
Next

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