An operator is a symbol which has special meaning and performs an operation on single or multiple operands like addition, substraction etc. VB.net provides rich set of in-built operators.

Types of Operators in VB.net

1. Arithmetic Operators

Arithmetic operators are used to perform arithmetic operations on operands.

Operator	Description	Example
+	Used to perform Addition	8+2 = 10
-	Used to perform Subtraction	12-2 = 10
*	Used to perform Multiplication	5*2 = 10
/	Used to perform Division and returns float values	10/3 = 3.3333
\	Used to perform Division and returns integer	100\10 = 10
MOD	Used to return Remainder	40 MOD 10 = 0
^	Used to raise power of another operand	x ^ y = x to the power of y

Example

Public Module Program
	Public Sub Main(args() As string)
        Dim x As Integer = 10
        Dim y As Integer = 2
        Dim sum As Integer 
        Dim diff As Integer 
        Dim product As Integer 
        Dim div As Integer 
        Dim mods As Integer 
        Dim power As Integer 
        
        sum = x + y
        Console.WriteLine("x + y: {0} ", sum)

        diff = x - y
        Console.WriteLine("x - y: {0} ", diff)

        product = x * y
        Console.WriteLine("x * y: {0} ", product)

        div = x / y
        Console.WriteLine("x / y : {0}", div)

        mods = x Mod y
        Console.WriteLine("x mod y: {0}", mods)

        power = x ^ y
        Console.WriteLine("x ^ y : {0}", power)

    End Sub
End Module

Check Result here

2. Relational Operators

VB.net relational operators are used to compare two operands.

Operator	Description	Usage
=	Is equal to	x == y
>	Greater than	x > y
>=	Greater than or equal to	x >= y
<	Less than	x < y
<=	Less than or equal to	x <= y

3. Bitwise Operators

VB.net bitwise operators are used to perform bitwise operations on operands.

Operator	Description
AND	Bitwise AND
OR	Bitwise OR
XOR	Bitwise XOR
NOT	Bitwise NOT
AndAlso	Logical AND
OrElse	Logical OR
isFalse	checks if given expression is false
isTrue	checks if given expression is true

4. Bitwise Shift Operators

VB.net bitwise operators are used to perform bitwise operations on operands.

Operator	Description
And	Binary AND
Or	Binary OR
Xor	Binary XOR
Not	Binary NOT
<<	Binary Left Shift Operator
>>	Binary Right Shift Operator

4. Logical operators

Below are the logical operators present in the VB.net.

Operator	Description	Usage
&&	Logical AND	(x > y) && (y > z)
||	Logical OR	(x > y) || (y > z)
!	Logical NOT	(!x)

5. Assignment Operators

Below are the assignment operators present in the VB.net.

Operator	Description	Usage
=	Assign	int x = 10;
+=	Add and assign	int x=10; x+=30; // x becomes 40
-=	Subtract and assign	int x=40; x-=10; // x becomes 30
*=	Multiply and assign	int x=10; x*=40; // x becomes 400
/=	Divide and assign	int x=100; x /= 10;// x becomes 10
=	Divide and assign	int x=100; x /= 10;// x becomes 10
%=	Modulus and assign	int x=100; x%=10; // x becomes 0
<<=	Left shift and assign	x <<= 2 is same as x = x << 2
>>=	Right shift and assign	x >>= 2 is same as x = x >> 2
&=	concatenation and assign	x &= 10 is same as x = x & 10
^=	Exponentiation and assign	x ^= 10 is same as x = x ^ 10

6. Miscellaneous Operators

Operator	Description
AddressOf	Returns the address
Await	applied to an operand while executing an asynchronous method
GetType	returns type of a given object