| Prededence | Operator | Meaning | Associativity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | ( ) | Expression Grouping1 | Inside-to-outside |
| 14 | . | Member evaluation | Left-to-right |
| 13 | ^ | Exponentiation | Left-to-right |
| 12 | - | Unary Minus | Left-to-right |
| 12 | + | Unary Plus | Left-to-right |
| 11 | * | Multiplication | Left-to-right |
| 11 | / | Division | Left-to-right |
| 10 | \ | Integer Division | Left-to-right |
| 9 | Mod | Remainder | Left-to-right |
| 8 | + | Addition | Left-to-right |
| 8 | - | Subtraction | Left-to-right |
| 8 | + | String Concatenation | Left-to-right |
| 7 | & | String Concatenation | Left-to-right |
| 6 | << | Bit Shift Left | Left-to-right |
| 6 | >> | Bit Shift Right | Left-to-right |
| 5 | = | Equals | Left-to-right |
| 5 | <> | Not Equals | Left-to-right |
| 5 | < | Less Than | Left-to-right |
| 5 | <= | Less Than Or Equals | Left-to-right |
| 5 | > | Greater Than | Left-to-right |
| 5 | >= | Greater Than Or Equals | Left-to-right |
| 5 | Like | String Pattern Matching | Left-to-right |
| 5 | Is | Reference Equality | Left-to-right |
| 5 | TypeOf..Is | Check Type | Left-to-right |
| 4 | Not | Negation | Left-to-right |
| 3 | And | Complete Evaluation And2 | Left-to-right |
| 3 | AndAlso | Short Circuit And2 | Left-to-right |
| 2 | Or | Complete Evaluation Or2 | Left-to-right |
| 2 | OrElse | Short Circuit Or2 | Left-to-right |
| 2 | XOr | Exclusive Or2 | Left-to-right |
| 1 | = | Assignment | None3 |
1Parentheses are also used for subroutine and function evaluation and for array access.
2And, Or, and XOr can be either logical operators of Boolean or bitwise operators on Integer.
3Only one assignment operator is allowed per line.
Other assignment operators,
new with VB.Net, are
+=,
-=,
*=,
/=,
\=,
^=, and
&=.