Question

Currently I am using this to create a string array

New String() {" ", ".", ";"}

Is there another way that does not require so many characters, say without the New String() part perhaps?

Answer 1

The compiler can usually infer the type of the array from its elements, e.g.

Dim stringArray = {" ", ".", ";"}

Note – this doesn’t work when the array is empty, because there are no elements to examine.

Dim stringArray = New String() {} ' specify the source type, infer the destination type
Dim stringArray As String() = {}  ' specify the destination type, infer the source type