Equivalent to array () in VB.NET?

Question

In VB6, you can do this:

Dim a As Variant a = Array(1, 2, 3) 

Can you do a similar thing in VB.NET with certain types, for example ?:

 Dim a() As Integer a = Array (1, 2, 3) 

Answer 1

 Dim a() As Integer = New Integer() {1, 2, 3} 

Answer 2

If you are new to .NET, you might want to learn about the List collection and its flexibility, which will give you relatively sorting, filtering and iteration .