Red squigglies in VB code

gbritton · May 2014

I put together a simple vb program to test a function for an SSRS project. I get red squigglies (syntax errors?) even though it compiles and executes fine. Squigglies appear in the Dim pageNames statement.


Sub Main
Header1("Point Liability").Dump()
End Sub

' Define other methods and classes here

Function Header1(pageName as String) as Boolean
Dim pageNames as String() = {
"Points Liability",
"Merch In",
"Variable Costs",
"Customer Service Fees"
}

For Each name as String in pageNames
If name = pageName then Return True
Next 
Return False
End Function

gbritton · May 2014

Solved it. Although the recent vb compilers (since Visual Studio 2010 I believe) do not require line continuations in cases like this, LINQPad doesn't know that (though I suppose it could find out which VB compiler version is running). If I add the line continuations, the squiggles go away.

Red squigglies in VB code

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