what is the meaning of the dollar sign after a method name in vb.net

Question

what is the meaning of the dollar sign after a method name in vb.net

like this:

Replace$(\"EG000000\", \"0\", \"\")

Answer 1

What Heinzi said and to clear up the type character business

    Dim s$ = "FooBar" 'dim s as String = "FooBar"

    Dim r As String
    Stop

    r = Replace$(s, "Bar", "")
    '.Net equivalent
    r = s.Replace("Bar", "")