' Visual Basic 2008 9.0 .NET Examples - Lambda Expressions - New in Visual Basic 2008 - 9.0 : 
Public Class Example2
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim value1 As Integer
        '
        Dim delegate1 As Example1.SomeDelegate = _
                                      Function(value As Integer) value * 2 ' (1)
        value1 = delegate1.Invoke(5)
        Console.WriteLine(value1)
        '
        Dim delegate2 As Func(Of Integer, Integer) = _
                                      Function(value As Integer) value * 2 ' (2)
        value1 = delegate2.Invoke(5)
        Console.WriteLine(value1)
        '
        Dim delegate3 = Function(value As Integer) value * 2               ' (3)
        value1 = delegate3.Invoke(5)
        Console.WriteLine(value1)
        '
        value1 = (Function(value As Integer) value * 2).Invoke(5)
        Console.WriteLine(value1)
        '
        Console.WriteLine((Function(value As Integer) value * 2).Invoke(5))
        '
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub
End Class
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