VB.Net - TryCast

This is a type of explicit conversion
If this conversion is not possible a Nothing value is returned.
This is a type of conversion operator that does not throw an exception.

Dim myText As String
myText = TryCast(myNumber, String)

If you try to do a coversion with DirectCast or CType and it fails an InvalidCastException is thrown.
Instead of generating an exception this operator return Nothing
This operator can only be used with reference types

C# Equivalent

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VBA

This operator is not available in VBA.