1.19. Use Implicitly Typed Variables
Problem
You need to create a strongly typed variable without explicitly declaring its type in an effort to save some development time or support LINQ, which is discussed in more detail in Chapter 6.
Solution
Ensure Option Infer is On, and then create a variable and assign it a value without using As and specifying a type.
How It Works
VB .NET 9.0 allows you to create strongly typed variables without explicitly setting their data types. You could do this in previous versions of VB .NET, if Option Strict were set to Off, but the variable was always typed as an Object. In this case, its type is automatically inferred based on its value.
To use this new functionality, Option Infer must be set to On. You can specify ...
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