Differences between C# and VB.Net Syntax

Workflows use VB.Net syntax for expressions.

WorkflowEditor 2.x will support C# syntax for expressions.

	VB.Net	C#
Case-sensitive	no	yes
Null reference	`Nothing` VB	`null` C#
Equals operator	=	==
Equals Not operator	<>	!=
Comparison to null	`a is Nothing` VB	`a == null` C#
Character literal	"a"C	'a'
String escaping	Backslash: "\" Quotes: double quote	Backslash: "\\" or @"\" Quotes: "\"" or @"""" (double quote)
Access indexed elements	Round brackets ( )	Square brackets [ ]
Generic types	`New List(Of String) New Dictionary(Of String, Object)` VB	`new List<string>() new Dictionary<string, object>()` C#
Object initializers	`New Entry With { .Title = "Test" }` VB `New List(Of String) From { "abc", "def" }` VB For a typed array Int32[] `{ 3,1,4 }` VB	`new Entry { Title = "Test" }` C# `new List<string> { "abc", "def" }` C# For a typed array Int32[] `{ 3,1,4 }` C#
Short-circuiting logical operators	`a AndAlso b a OrElse b` VB And/Or are always evaluating ALL parts of it!	`a && b a \|\| b` C#
Non-short circuiting logical operators	`a And b a Or b` VB Example: `Not (entry Is Nothing) And entry.Title = "Test"` VB Will throw exception when entry is Nothing!	n/a
Anonymous function	`Function(a,b) a+b` VB	`(a,b) => a + b` C#
LINQ	`a.Select(Function(n) n+1).ToArray()` VB	`a.Select(n => n+1).ToArray()` C#
Data type names	Integer	int