Difference between Structure elements and Structure Members

Question

In the MSDN documentation (structures-and-classes) where they discuss similarities of classes and structures, the following is stated:

Both have members, which can include constructors, methods, properties, fields, constants, enumerations, events, and event handlers. However, do not confuse these members with the declared elements of a structure.

Can someone please explain that for a structure in VB, what is a difference between an element of a structure and a member of a structure? The documentation quoted above says that we should not confuse them....and I am very much confused.

Regards
Sougata

Answer 1

Hi @Sougata Ghosh ,

See : Declared Elements in Visual Basic

A declared element is a programming element that is defined in a declaration statement. Declared elements include variables, constants, enumerations, classes, structures, modules, interfaces, procedures, procedure parameters, function returns, external procedure references, operators, properties, events, and delegates.

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Answer 2

However, do not confuse these members with the declared elements of a structure.

Declared means variables, members, etc., etc. are declared at structure initialization and are at the procedural-scope that can be accessed globally as opposed to defining them at the module scope used at the model level only. So it's talking about scope access and do not confuse the two scopes.

An element is anything that is part of the whole. Variables, members, etc. and etc. are elements of a structure or class as a whole, just like your finger a part is an element of your body as a whole.