What does adding a “c” do in a VB.NET character array?

Question

I would like to use the String method IndexOfAny to check if a character exists in a specified string.

Examples I\'ve found online, of using the IndexOfAny method in

Answer 1

That is a suffix for a literal of type System.Char. So

Dim foo As Char = "x"c

Will compile (when Option Strict is set to either On or Off). Without the c, it would be interpreted as a string. For more information about literal suffixes in VB.NET, take a look at the MSDN page, "Constant and Literal Data Types".