Quick Reference for C# and VB

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Type/Member Declaration

Shortcut	Description	Comment
_	interface member declaration	prefix
c	class declaration
co	constructor declaration
de	delegate declaration
en	enum declaration
ev	event declaration
f	field declaration
i	interface declaration
in	indexer declaration
k	constant declaration
m	method declaration
mo	Module declaration
p	property declaration
re	record declaration
st	struct declaration

Modifier

Shortcut	Description	Comment
a	abstract (MustInherit)	prefix (after access modifier)
d	protected (Protected)	prefix
i	internal (Friend)	prefix
p	private	prefix
r	read-only	prefix (after access modifier)
s	static (Shared)	prefix (after access modifier)
v	virtual (Overridable)	prefix (after access modifier)

Statement

Shortcut	Description	Comment
fe	foreach statement
fr	for statement
if	if statement
sc	Select Case statement
sw	switch statement
t	try statement
th	throw statement
u	using statement
w	while statement

Operator

Shortcut	Description	Comment
cop	conditional operator
gt	GetType operator
n	new object creation
no	nameof operator
oo	operator overload
t	explicit cast operator
tc	TryCast operator
to	typeof operator
x	logical not operator	prefix

Type

Shortcut	Description	Comment
a	Array
b	Boolean
c	Collection<T>
d	Dictionary<TKey,TValue>
dt	DateTime
hs	HashSet<T>
i	Immutable	prefix
i	Int32
l	List<T>
ll	LinkedList<T>
o	Object
oc	ObservableCollection<T>
q	Queue<T>
s	Stack<T>
s	String

Other

Shortcut	Description	Comment
c	catch clause
d	default keyword
e	else clause
f	finally clause
l	lambda expression
n	(equals to) null
pa	parameter array
pp	preprocessor directive	prefix
ps	private set
r	return keyword
this	containing type name
v	local variable declaration
x	with initializer	suffix
y	yield	prefix