如何解决该错误：从字符串“alan”到类型“Boolean”的转换无效

Question

我只是一名 10 年级的编程学生。错误是：Conversion from string "alan" to type 'Boolean' is not valid。我永远无法绕过它。错误出现在显示(If firstname = "alan" Or "Alan" Then) 的行上。代码如下：

Module Module1

Sub Main()
    Dim firstname As String
    Console.WriteLine("Hello and welcome to Alan's Computer: Press enter to continue")
    Console.ReadLine()
    Console.WriteLine("Please enter your first name")
    firstname = Console.ReadLine()
    If firstname = "alan" Or "Alan" Then
        Console.WriteLine("Welcome")

    Else
        Console.WriteLine("You may not enter {0}", firstname)
    End If

End Sub

End Module

Answer 1

正确的语法是

If firstname = "alan" OrElse firstname = "Alan" Then
    Console.WriteLine("Welcome")
Else
    Console.WriteLine("You may not enter {0}", firstname)
End If

对于这两种情况，您需要重复表达式 firstname = <value>，但您还需要将 Or 替换为更合适的 OrElse

见Or vs OrElse