title: What does "& _" mean in VB?
body: <p>I'm copying some query statements from a legacy VB app to a C# app. I am not familiar with VB, although looking at it makes me want a VB (Victoria Bitter). I have come across queries constructed like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>*SELECT dp_duckbill_accounts.platypus_no AS duckbill, t_accounts.name AS Name " &amp; _ 
  "FROM t_accounts INNER JOIN dp_duckbill_accounts ON  t_accounts.account_no = dp_duckbill_accounts.account_no " &amp; _
  "ORDER BY dp_duckbill_accounts.platypus_no*
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The "&amp; _" give me pause. If it was just "&amp;" I would think it corresponds to "+" in C# to concatenate strings. But what in the world is the point of the underscore? Note the ampersand and the underscore are separated by a space.</p>