LikeOperator Class

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This class provides helpers that the Visual Basic compiler uses to do the work for the Like operator. It is not meant to be called directly from your code.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.LikeOperator

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class LikeOperator

public sealed class LikeOperator

The LikeOperator type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	LikeObject	Performs binary or text string comparison given two objects. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.
	LikeString	Performs binary or text string comparison given two strings. This helper method is not meant to be called directly from your code.
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices Namespace