What does Char = {ControlChars.Tab, " "c} mean? It is in a sample program I have and would like to know what it means.

The full line is

Dim separators() As Char = {ControlChars.Tab, " "c}

Thanks

1) separators() indicates this variable is an Array.
2) The {...} is the syntax for an explicitly created Array.
3) " "c is shorthand for casting a space (" ") to a char

In this case, the code is creating a two dimensional array. This same line of code could be written in three lines like this:

Dim separators(1) As Char
separators(0) = ControlChars.Tab
separators(1) = " "c

Peter
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What does the ControlChars.Tab section mean??

It is the .net object representing the Tab character.

So, in short, does
Dim separators() As Char = {ControlChars.Tab, " "c}

mean "translate all tab characters to space characters"?

No, it means "create a one dimensional array with two elements, one containing a tab and the other a space".

Forgive me, I am trying to learn VB.NET as best as I can. Here is a code snippet. If you could give me a quick synopsis (in a nutshell) what the code means, I think it will greatly help me.

Thanks

                If (oneline.StartsWith("Public Class ")) Then
                    nameStart = oneline.IndexOf("Class ") + 6
                    Dim names() As String
                    Dim separators() As Char = {ControlChars.Tab, " "c}
                    names = oneline.Substring( _
                    nameStart).Trim().Split(separators)
                    Dim className As String = names(0).Trim()
                    m_classNames(m_classCount) = className
                    m_classCount += 1
                End If

It looks like this code is parsing a code file and extracting class names from any class declarations contained in the code.

First it asks: Does "oneline" start with with "Public Class "
If so, then it executes all of the code in that if block.
- Get the character location of "Class " and add 6
- Instantiate a couple arrays (one string, one char)
- Set the "separators" array to contain 2 elements (the tab character and a space)
- Set "names" to contain elements based on the result of splitting the sub string of "oneline" (starting at "nameStart") into pieces based on either the tab or space character.
- Instantiate and set "className" to the first element of the "names" array.
- Set the class/module scope array "m_classNames" element located at index "m_classCount" to the value in "className"
- Increment the class/module scope variable "m_classCount" by 1

The result of something like is that for the given "oneline" value of:

    Public Class MyClass

you'll end up with "className" equaling "MyClass" and the counter will increment.

How are you trying to learn VB.NET? Have you got an intro to VB.NET book yet? This seems like a round-about way of learning if you asked me.

I am using a non Wrox book. (Bad Logan, bad Logan). It's by Micro$oft and it has you type in code, but sometimes they don't fully explain the lines of code. Is there a better Wrox book I could use? I need VB.NET and C# training.