Collection initialization syntax in Visual Basic 2008?

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I'm trying to determine if there's a way in Visual Basic 2008 (Express edition if that matters) to do inline collection initialization, a la JavaScript or Python:

Dim oMapping As Dictionary(Of Integer, String) = {{1,"First"}, {2, "Second"}}

I know Visual Basic 2008 supports array initialization like this, but I can't seem to get it to work for collections... Do I have the syntax wrong, or is it just not implemented?

For future searchers, two solutions are provided here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2629076/inline-list-initialization-in-vb-net — LosManos, Oct 17 '14 at 17:04

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 21 '12 at 14:22

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Visual Basic 9.0 doesn't support this yet. However, Visual Basic 10.0 will.

edited Sep 21 '12 at 14:22

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answered Sep 17 '08 at 18:01

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Hmm, that's what I was afraid of. Thanks. – Rylee Corradini Jan 20 '11 at 16:47

James Lawruk · Answer 2 · 2016-04-05T12:58:26.170

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Here are VB collection initializers using the From keyword. (Starting with Visual Studio 2010)

List:

Dim list As New List(Of String) From {"First", "Second"}

Dictionary:

Dim oMapping As New Dictionary(Of Integer, String) From {{1, "First"}, {2, "Second"}}

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answered Mar 16 '15 at 13:47

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Is this only for VB.NET version 10 and later? Corresponding to which version of Visual Studio? – Peter Mortensen Apr 05 '16 at 12:37

Collection initialization syntax in Visual Basic 2008?

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