Module StringLiterals Sub main() Dim s As String s = "x" Dim a As String = "xyz" a = "xyz1" If a = "xyz1" Then End If 'Escaped " mark ' each "" represents a single " in a string a = ("a""b""") Dim x As String = "hi" Dim y As String = "hi" If Not x Is y Then Throw New System.Exception("x and y are different instances") End If End Sub End Module