Syntax help

[hharry]

Hello All,

I have the following code:

response = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes, 0, receivedByteCount)
Dim multiline As Boolean = (response.Chars(3) = "-"c)

What is the purpose of the c character in "-"c



Thanks In Advance

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

response = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes, 0, receivedByteCount)
Dim multiline As Boolean = (response.Chars(3) = "-"c)

What is the purpose of the c character in "-"c

The 'c' suffix marks the character enclosed between the double quotes as a
'Char' instead of a 'String'. '"-"' would create a string (type 'String')
of length 1 consisting of the character "-" while '"-"c' will create a
single character of type 'Char'.