In Visual Basic .NET a complete program instruction is called a statement. Programs consist of sequences of Visual Basic .NET statements. Each statement must end with a new line:
Dim x As Integer ' a statement x = 23 ' another statement Dim y As Integer = x ' yet another statement
It is possible to combine two (or more) statements on a single line by separating the statements with the colon operator:
Dim x As Integer = 23 : Dim y As Integer = 25
While this is legal, it is uncommon because it makes the code more difficult to read.
A statement that evaluates to a value (e.g., to a Boolean value) is called an expression.
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