ControlChars Class
The Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace includes a ControlChars class whose shared fields can be used for device control and outputting special characters. Most of the shared fields also have equivalent Visual Basic intrinsic constants, as the following table shows:
|
Field |
Value |
Intrinsic constant |
|---|---|---|
|
Back |
Chr(8) |
|
|
Cr |
Chr(13) |
|
|
CrLf |
|
|
|
FormFeed |
Chr(12) |
|
|
Lf |
Chr(10) |
|
|
NewLine |
|
|
|
NullChar |
Chr(0) |
|
|
Quote |
Chr(34) |
none |
|
Tab |
Chr(9) |
|
|
VerticalTab |
Chr(11) |
|
Note that these constants must be qualified with the class name, as in:
If str = ControlChars.CrLf Then
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