' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Collections

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Const WORD_SIZE As Integer = 4
      
      ' Define some 4-letter words to be scrambled.
      Dim words() As String = { "home", "food", "game", "rest" }
      ' Define two arrays equal to the number of letters in each word.
      Dim keys(WORD_SIZE) As Double
      Dim letters(WORD_SIZE) As String
      ' Initialize the random number generator.
      Dim rnd As New Random()
      
      ' Scramble each word.
      For Each word As String In words
         For ctr As Integer = 0 To word.Length - 1
            ' Populate the array of keys with random numbers.
            keys(ctr) = rnd.NextDouble()
            ' Assign a letter to the array of letters.
            letters(ctr) = word.Chars(ctr)
         Next   
         ' Sort the array. 
         Array.Sort(keys, letters, 0, WORD_SIZE, Comparer.Default)      
         ' Display the scrambled word.
         Dim scrambledWord As String = String.Concat(letters(0), letters(1), _
                                                     letters(2), letters(3))
         Console.WriteLine("{0} --> {1}", word, scrambledWord)
      Next 
   End Sub
End Module

Public Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim s1 As String = "We went to a bookstore, "
      Dim s2 As String = "a movie, "
      Dim s3 As String = "and a restaurant."

      Dim s = String.Concat(s1, s2, s3)
      Console.WriteLine(s)
   End Sub
End Module

Public Class ConcatTest
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim fName As String = "Simon"
        Dim mName As String = "Jake"
        Dim lName As String = "Harrows"
        
        ' We want to simply quickly add this person's name together.
        ' Because we want a name to appear with a space in between each name, 
        ' we put a space on the front of the middle, and last name, allowing for
        ' the fact that a space may already be there.
        mName = " " + mName.Trim()
        lName = " " + lName.Trim()
        
        ' This line simply concatenates the two strings.
        Console.WriteLine("Welcome to this page, '{0}'!", _
                          String.Concat(String.Concat(fName, mName), lName))
    End Sub
End Class

Class stringConcat5
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim i As Integer = - 123
      Dim o As [Object] = i
      Dim objs() As [Object] = {-123, -456, -789}
      
      Console.WriteLine("Concatenate 1, 2, and 3 objects:")
      Console.WriteLine("1) {0}", [String].Concat(o))
      Console.WriteLine("2) {0}", [String].Concat(o, o))
      Console.WriteLine("3) {0}", [String].Concat(o, o, o))
      
      Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Concatenate 4 objects and a variable length parameter list:")
      Console.WriteLine("4) {0}", String.Concat(o, o, o, o))
      Console.WriteLine("5) {0}", String.Concat(o, o, o, o, o))
      
      Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "Concatenate a 3-element object array:")
      Console.WriteLine("6) {0}", [String].Concat(objs))
   End Sub
End Class

Public Class Example
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' Make an array of strings. Note that we have included spaces.
        Dim s As String() = { "hello ", "and ", "welcome ", "to ",
                              "this ", "demo! "}

        ' Put all the strings together.
        Console.WriteLine(String.Concat(s))
        
        ' Sort the strings, and put them together.
        Array.Sort(s)
        Console.WriteLine(String.Concat(s))
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class ConcatTest
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim t1 As New Test1()
        Dim t2 As New Test2()
        Dim i As Integer = 16
        Dim s As String = "Demonstration"
        Dim o As Object() = {t1, i, t2, s}
        
        ' create a group of objects
        
        ' place the objects in an array
        
        ' concatenate the objects together as a string. To do this,
        ' the ToString method in the objects is called
        Console.WriteLine(String.Concat(o))
    End Sub
End Class


' imagine these test classes are full-fledged objects...
Class Test1
End Class

Class Test2
End Class

' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Collections.Generic

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim maxPrime As Integer = 100
      Dim primeList As IEnumerable(Of String) = GetPrimes(maxPrime)
      Console.WriteLine("Primes less than {0}:", maxPrime)
      Console.WriteLine("   {0}", String.Concat(primeList))
   End Sub
   
   Private Function GetPrimes(maxPrime As Integer) As IEnumerable(Of String)
      Dim values As Array = Array.CreateInstance(GetType(Integer), _
                              New Integer() { maxPrime - 1}, New Integer(){ 2 }) 
      ' Use Sieve of Erathsthenes to determine prime numbers.
      For ctr As Integer = values.GetLowerBound(0) To _
                           CInt(Math.Ceiling(Math.Sqrt(values.GetUpperBound(0))))
         If CInt(values.GetValue(ctr)) = 1 Then Continue For
         
         For multiplier As Integer = ctr To maxPrime \ 2
            If ctr * multiplier <= maxPrime Then values.SetValue(1, ctr * multiplier)
         Next   
      Next      
      
      Dim primes As New List(Of String)
      For ctr As Integer = values.GetLowerBound(0) To values.GetUpperBound(0)
         If CInt(values.GetValue(ctr)) = 0 Then primes.Add(ctr.ToString() + " ")
      Next            
      Return primes
   End Function   
End Module

' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Linq

Module modMain
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim output As String = String.Concat(GetAlphabet(true).Where(Function(letter) _
                                                         letter >= "M"))
        
      Console.WriteLine(output)                                     
   End Sub
   
   Private Function GetAlphabet(upper As Boolean) As List(Of String)
      Dim alphabet As New List(Of String)
      Dim charValue As Integer = CInt(IIf(upper, 65, 97))
      For ctr As Integer = 0 To 25
         alphabet.Add(ChrW(charValue + ctr).ToString())
      Next
      Return alphabet 
   End Function
End Module

' 导入命名空间
Imports System.Collections.Generic

Public Class Animal
   Public Kind As String
   Public Order As String
   
   Public Sub New(kind As String, order As String)
      Me.Kind = kind
      Me.Order = order
   End Sub
   
   Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
      Return Me.Kind
   End Function
End Class

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
      Dim animals As New List(Of Animal)
      animals.Add(New Animal("Squirrel", "Rodent"))
      animals.Add(New Animal("Gray Wolf", "Carnivora"))
      animals.Add(New Animal("Capybara", "Rodent")) 
      Dim output As String = String.Concat(animals.Where(Function(animal) _
                                           animal.Order = "Rodent"))
      Console.WriteLine(output)                                           
   End Sub
End Module

' 导入命名空间
Imports System
Imports System.Collections

Public Class MainClass
    
    Shared Sub Main()
             Dim s1 As String = "abcd"
             Dim s2 As String = "ABCD"

             ' concatenation method
             Dim s3 As String = String.Concat(s1, s2)
             Console.WriteLine("s3 concatenated from s1 and s2: {0}", s3)

             ' use the overloaded operator
             Dim s4 As String = s1 & s2
             Console.WriteLine("s4 concatenated from s1 & s2: {0}", s4)
   End Sub

End Class