What's New in Visual Basic 2010: Listing 1 -- Visual Studio Magazine

Implicit Line Continuation

Visual Basic 2010	Visual Basic 2008
Dim ImplicitLineContinuation As String = "This is line one, " + "This is line two."	Dim ExplicitLineContinuation As String = _ "This is line one, " + _ "This is line two."

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