Operators

Visual Basic comes with many built-in operators that allow us to manipulate data. An operator performs a function on one or more operands. For example, we add two variables with the "+" addition operator and store the result in a third variable with the "=" assignment operator like this: int x + int y = int z. The two variables (x ,y) are called operands. There are different types of operators in Visual Basic and they are described below in the order of their precedence.
Arithmetic Operators
Arithmetic operators are used to perform arithmetic operations that involve calculation of numeric values. The table below summarizes them:

Operator	Use
^	Exponentiation
-	Negation (used to reverse the sign of the given value, exp -intValue)
*	Multiplication
/	Division
\	Integer Division
Mod	Modulus Arithmetic
+	Addition
-	Subtraction

Concatenation Operators
Concatenation operators join multiple strings into a single string. There are two concatenation operators, + and & as summarized below:

Operator	Use
+	String Concatenation
&	String Concatenation

Comparison Operators
A comparison operator compares operands and returns a logical value based on whether the comparison is true or not. The table below summarizes them:

Operator	Use
=	Equality
<>	Inequality
<	Less than
>	Greater than
>=	Greater than or equal to
<=	Less than or equal to

Logical / Bitwise Operators
The logical operators compare Boolean expressions and return a Boolean result. In short, logical operators are expressions which return a true or false result over a conditional expression. The table below summarizes them:

Operator	Use
Not	Negation
And	Conjunction
AndAlso	Conjunction
Or	Disjunction
OrElse	Disjunction
Xor	Disjunction