Defining a list of integers in your code involves lots of tedious typing. In VB, you can’t do this: 'Dim numberList As new List(Of Integer) = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} So you have to either add numbers to the list manually, or create an array, which still involves lots of tedious typing: Dim numberList() As Integer = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} With .NET 3.5, you can instead use the Range method of the Enumerable class that is part of the System.Linq namespace. In ... [For the complete article see the Orignal Post link below] ...