Visual Basic Language Reference

Visual Basic Language Keywords

The following table contains a listing of the Visual Basic .NET language keywords. All language keywords are reserved.

AddHandler	AddressOf	Alias	And
AndAlso	Ansi	As	Assembly
Auto	Boolean	ByRef	Byte
ByVal	Call	Case	Catch
CBool	CByte	CChar	CDate
CDec	CDbl	Char	CInt
Class	CLng	CObj	Const
CShort	CSng	CStr	CType
Date	Decimal	Declare	Default
Delegate	Dim	DirectCast	Do
Double	Each	Else	ElseIf
End	Enum	Erase	Error
Event	Exit	#ExternalSource	False
Finally	For	Friend	Function
Get	GetType	GoTo	Handles
If	Implements	Imports	In
Inherits	Integer	Interface	Is
Let	Lib	Like	Long
Loop	Me	Mod	Module
MustInherit	MustOverride	MyBase	MyClass
Namespace	New	Next	Not
Nothing	NotInheritable	NotOverridable	Object
On	Option	Optional	Or
OrElse	Overloads	Overridable	Overrides
ParamArray	Preserve	Private	Property
Protected	Public	RaiseEvent	ReadOnly
ReDim	#Region	REM	RemoveHandler
Resume	Return	Select	Set
Shadows	Shared	Short	Single
Static	Step	Stop	String
Structure	Sub	SyncLock	Then
Throw	To	True	Try
TypeOf	Unicode	Until	Variant
When	While	With	WithEvents
WriteOnly	Xor	#Const	#ExternalSource
#If...Then...#Else	#Region	-	&
&=	*	*=	/
/=	\	\=	^
^=	+	+=	=
-=

Note Variant and Let are retained as keywords, although they are no longer used in Visual Basic .NET.

See Also

Visual Basic Run-Time Library Members | Keywords and Members By Task