What does this colon ' : ' do -in VB.NET- ?

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_{Thursday, December 3, 2015 5:04 AM}

hello, I've got this if statement from MSDN and i didn't understand what does the colon do in vb.net

If A > 10 Then A = A + 1 : B = B + A : C = C + B

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_{Thursday, December 3, 2015 5:21 AM ✅Answered}

It's the line-join character - it allows you to place more than one VB statement on one line.

It's equivalent to:

If A > 10 Then
    A = A + 1
    B = B + A
    C = C + B
End If

To further complicate things, VB allows you to omit the "End If" when you use a single-line "If" statement, with or without line joins.

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_{Thursday, December 3, 2015 5:22 AM}

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xxda45fy.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Separators do what their name suggests: they separate sections of code. In Visual Basic, the separator character is the colon (:). Use separators when you want to include multiple statements on a single line instead of separate lines. This saves space and improves the readability of your code. The following example shows three statements separated by colons.

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_{Thursday, December 3, 2015 2:14 PM}

The colon is a statement delimiter, same as pressing the Enter key at the end of a line of code.

It's useful for very short statements that will print on a single line.  For example:

a = 5 : b = 8 : c = 12

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