| VB  | C#  | Description | 
| > | > | greater than | 
| >= | >= | greater than or equal to | 
| < | < | less than | 
| <= | <= | less than or equal to | 
| <> | != | not equal to | 
| == | == | equals | 
| = | = | assigns a value to a variable | 
| OrElse | || | or | 
| AndAlso | && | and | 
| & | + | concatenate strings | 
| New | new | create object or array | 
| * | * | multiply | 
| / | / | divide | 
| + | + | add | 
| - | - | subtract |