Statements in Visual Basic

A statement in Visual Basic is a complete instruction that can contain keywords, operators, variables, constants, and expressions. All statements fall into one of two categories: declaration statements, which name a variable, constant, or procedure and can also specify a data type; or executable statements, which initiate actions.

In This Section

• Statements Overview
  Provides a high-level look at statements, including how to have multiple statements on one line, continue a statement over multiple lines, add comments, and check compilation errors.

• Assignment Statements
  Describes statements that carry out assignment operations, which assign the value on the right side of the operator to the variable on the left side.

• Declaration Statements in Visual Basic
  Describes statements that name and define procedures, variables, arrays, and constants.

• Executable Statements
  Describes statements that initiate action by executing a method. Executable statements can loop or branch through blocks of code, and often contain mathematical or conditional operators.

Related Sections

• Assignment Operators
  Provides links to language reference pages covering assignment operators such as =, *=, and &=.

• Operators and Expressions in Visual Basic
  Shows how to combine elements with operators to yield new values.