Keywords and Members by Task

Visual Basic language keywords and run-time library members are organized by purpose and use.

Category	Description
Arrays	Creating, defining, and using arrays.
Collections	Using collections.
Compiler Directives	Controlling compiler behavior.
Control Flow	Looping and controlling procedure flow.
Conversion	Converting numbers and data types.
Data Types	Data types and object subtypes.
Dates and Times	Converting and using date and time expressions.
Directories and Files	Controlling the file system and processing files.
Errors	Trapping and returning error values.
Financial	Performing financial calculations.
Input and Output	Receiving input and displaying or printing output.
Information and Interaction	Starting other applications and processing events.
Math	Performing trigonometric and other mathematical calculations.
Operators	Comparing expressions and other operations.
Registry	Deleting, reading, and saving program settings.
String Manipulation	Manipulating strings and string type data.
Declarations and Constants	Declaring programming elements and defining constants.