VB.Net Tutorial/Operator/Arithmetic Operator

Boolean value with And and Or

<source lang="vbnet">Option Strict On

Imports System
Module Module1
   Sub Main( )
      Dim x As Integer = 5
      Dim y As Integer = 7
      Dim andValue As Boolean
      Dim orValue As Boolean
      Dim xorValue As Boolean
      Dim notValue As Boolean
      andValue = x = 3 And y = 7
      orValue = x = 3 Or y = 7
      xorValue = x = 3 Xor y = 7
      notValue = Not x = 3
      Console.WriteLine("x = 3 And y = 7. {0}", andValue)
      Console.WriteLine("x = 3 Or y = 7. {0}", orValue)
      Console.WriteLine("x = 3 Xor y = 7. {0}", xorValue)
      Console.WriteLine("Not x = 3. {0}", notValue)
   End Sub "Main
End Module</source>

x = 3 And y = 7. False
x = 3 Or y = 7. True
x = 3 Xor y = 7. True
Not x = 3. True

Power calculator

<source lang="vbnet">Option Strict On

Imports System
Module Module1
   Sub Main( )
      Dim value As Integer = 5
      Dim power As Integer = 4
      Console.WriteLine("{0} to the {1}th power is {2}", _
         value, power, value ^ power)
   End Sub
End Module</source>

5 to the 4th power is 625

Shortcut assignment operators

<source lang="vbnet">Module Tester

   Sub Main()
       Dim A As Integer
       A = 0
       A += 10
       Console.WriteLine("A += 10 yields " & A)
       A -= 5
       Console.WriteLine("A -=5 yields " & A)
       A *= 3
       Console.WriteLine("A *= 3 yields " & A)
       A /= 5
       Console.WriteLine("A /= 5 yields " & A)
       A ^= 2
       Console.WriteLine("A = 2 yields " & A)
   End Sub

End Module</source>

A += 10 yields 10
A -=5 yields 5
A *= 3 yields 15
A /= 5 yields 3
A ^= 2 yields 9