Imports System Imports uCalcSoftware Public Module Program Public Sub Main() Dim uc As New uCalc() uc.DefineVariable("x = 123") Dim uc1 As New uCalc() '// Creates a new instance Console.WriteLine(uc1.EvalStr("x")) '// uc1 does not have a variable named x uc1.Release() '// Releases uc1 if it is no longer needed Dim uc2 = uc.Clone() '// Creates new instance that is a clone of uc Console.WriteLine(uc2.EvalStr("x")) '// starts with the value of x obtained from uc uc2.Eval("x = 456") '// Changes the value of x in uc1 but not uc Console.WriteLine(uc2.EvalStr("x")) Console.WriteLine(uc.EvalStr("x")) '// The original x in uc remains unchanged uc2.Release() '// Language specific - auto-releasing uCalc object #If False { '// Instances pointed to by neither uCalc1 nor uCalc2 will be released when they go out of scope Dim uCalc1 = new uCalc() Dim uCalc2 = uc.Clone() '// Call uCalc1.Release() and uCalc2.Release() explicitly if want to release them } { '// The instances that both uCalc1 and uCalc2 point to will be released when uCalc1 and uCalc2 go out of scope '// No need for uCalc1.Release() or uCalc2.Release(), they will automatically be released } #End If End Sub End Module