Question

I have a function within a class which I would like to return the class itself however ‘return this’ appears to be invalid in VB.

I am using ASP.NET v1.1 if that makes a difference?

Sample (extremely simplified) code is as follows:

Public Class Cart      Private sItems As String      Public Function addItem(ByVal itemName As String) As Cart         sItems = sItems + '|' + itemName + '|'         Return THIS     End Function  End Class 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.

Answer 1

In VB Me is the keyword, for the class you’re in, so try

Public Class Cart     Private sItems As String      Public Function addItem(ByVal itemName As String) As Cart         sItems = sItems + '|' + itemName + '|'                 Return Me     End Function  End Class