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Visual Basic Quickstart Guide

You're reading from   Visual Basic Quickstart Guide Improve your programming skills and design applications that range from basic utilities to complex software

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805125310
Length 238 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Aspen Olmsted Aspen Olmsted
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Preface 1. Part 1:Visual Basic Programming and Scripting FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: The Visual Basic Family of Programming Languages 3. Chapter 2: Console Input and Output 4. Chapter 3: Data Types and Variables 5. Chapter 4: Decision Branching 6. Chapter 5: Iteration 7. Chapter 6: Functions and Procedures 8. Chapter 7: Project Part I 9. Part 2:Visual Basic Files and Data Structures
10. Chapter 8: Formatting and Modifying Data 11. Chapter 9: File Input and Output 12. Chapter 10: Collections 13. Chapter 11: Project Part II 14. Part 3:Object-Oriented Visual Basic
15. Chapter 12: Object-Oriented Programming 16. Chapter 13: Inheritance 17. Chapter 14: Polymorphism 18. Chapter 15: Interfaces 19. Chapter 16: Project Part III 20. Part 4:Server-Side Development
21. Chapter 17: The Request and Response Model 22. Chapter 18: Variable Scope and Concurrency 23. Chapter 19: Project Part IV 24. Chapter 20: Conclusions 25. Index 26. Other Books You May Enjoy

Collections

In programming, collections refer to data structures or containers that are used to store and organize groups of related values or objects. These collections provide various methods and operations that you can use efficiently to manipulate and access the data they contain.

Several common types of collections are used in computer programming, including the following:

  • Arrays: An array is a fundamental collection type that stores a fixed-size sequence of elements of the same data type. Elements in an array are accessed by their index, which represents their position in the array.
  • Lists: These are dynamic collections that can grow or shrink in size. They allow for efficient insertion, deletion, and retrieval of elements. Lists can store pieces of different types, often providing additional operations such as sorting and searching.
  • Sets: These are collections that store unique elements without any particular order. They ensure that each piece appears only...
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