Operator Member Access

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Operator . (Member Access)

Returns a reference to a member from a reference to an object

Syntax

Declare Operator . ( ByRef lhs As T ) ByRef As U

Parameters

• lhs
• T
• rhs
• U
• rhs

Description

Operator . (Member access) returns a reference to a member of an object.

Operator . (Member access) can also be used to access members of an implicit object inside a With..End With block.

This operator cannot be overloaded.

Return Value

Returns a reference to the member specified by rhs.

Remarks

Usage

result = lhs . rhs

Dialect Differences

• None

Differences from QB

• None

See also

• Operator -> (Pointer To Member Access)
• Operator @ (Address Of)
• Operator * (Value Of)
• With..End With

Examples

Type T

    As Integer a, b

End Type

Dim x As T

'' Access the member 'a' of x.

x.a = 10

'' Access the member 'b' of x.

With x

    .b = 20

End With

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Category: Operators
Kind: operator

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