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Asked: 2026-05-10T13:59:59+00:00

Below are two ways of reading in the commandline parameters. The first is the

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Below are two ways of reading in the commandline parameters. The first is the way that I’m accustom to seeing using the parameter in the main. The second I stumbled on when reviewing code. I noticed that the second assigns the first item in the array to the path and application but the first skips this.

Is it just preference or is the second way the better way now?

Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)     For i As Integer = 0 To args.Length - 1         Console.WriteLine('Arg: ' & i & ' is ' & args(i))     Next      Console.ReadKey() End Sub 

Sub Main()     Dim args() As String = System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()      For i As Integer = 0 To args.Length - 1         Console.WriteLine('Arg: ' & i & ' is ' & args(i))     Next      Console.ReadKey() End Sub

I think the same can be done in C#, so it’s not necessarily a vb.net question.

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  1. Second way is better because it can be used outside the main(), so when you refactor it’s one less thing to think about.

    Also I don’t like the ‘magic’ that puts the args in the method parameter for the first way.

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