Question

This is just a quick question:

Are there any difference between

dim b as byte()

to

dim b() as byte

does this also work for string, integers …

Answer 1

It’s the same. However, note the following differences:

Dim b As Byte()           ' Declares a variable of type byte array, initialized to Nothing
Dim b() As Byte           ' Declares a variable of type byte array, initialized to Nothing 
Dim b As New Byte()       ' Creates a new, single byte with value 0
Dim b = New Byte()        ' Creates a new, single byte with value 0
Dim b = New Byte() {}     ' Creates a new byte array with zero elements
Dim b = New Byte() {1, 2} ' Creates a new byte array with two elements

This is a bit confusing, since in VB T() can mean (a) a constructor call of Type T with no parameters and (b) an array of T.