C# to VB.NET Conversion : 'Take (of T)' Error

C# code

byte[] array = bytes.Take<byte>(num).ToArray<byte>();

VB.NET Converted Code (i tried multiable ones. same result)

Dim array As Byte() = bytes.Take(Of Byte)(num).ToArray(Of Byte)()

got an error on : (of Byte)

Error 

Extension method 'Public Function Take(count As Integer) As System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of TSource)' defined in 'System.Linq.Enumerable' is not generic (or has no free type parameters) and so cannot have type arguments
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I don't have much experience with this, but it looks like if the VB compiler is able to infer the type arguments, it doesn't let you specify them explicitly. Assuming bytes is a Byte array (or an IEnumerable(Of Byte)), you should be able to use:

Dim array As Byte() = bytes.Take(num).ToArray()

Frankly it's a little odd to redundantly specify the type arguments in C#, too - I'd normally write:

byte[] array = bytes.Take(num).ToArray();

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