Task List

In this chapter, we’ll start by looking at the most basic type of set, the Array, in order to get a sense of how this whole “set” thing works, and then move on to some of the specialized sets provided by the .NET Framework, and the GENERICS that make it possible to create strongly typed sets without reimplementing the world.

Arrays

We’ll begin by looking at the simplest kind of set, the Array, and the way it’s directly supported by the VB compiler, and a special kind of procedure called a Predicate that allows you to specify criteria at runtime.

Specialized Sets

After we’ve explored how sets work in general, we’ll move on to some of the specialized set types, including those that keep their members ordered in a particular way or allow their members to be accessed by a key. In practice, you won’t use these set types very often, so we’ll only take a quick look at them.