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Handling "Special" Cases in "Special" Ways AspDotNetDev 23-Jan-13 14:14  A sample of the code I'm working on now: TimeZone = If(item.Descendants("DisplayableDateTime").Attributes("TimeZone").ElementAt(0).Value <> "", item.Descendants("DisplayableDateTime").Attributes("TimeZone").ElementAt(0).Value, "") In short, set the result to the value when the value is not an empty string; otherwise, set the result to an empty string.   Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut! Sign In·Permalink Re: Handling "Special" Cases in "Special" Ways PIEBALDconsult 23-Jan-13 20:38  What language is that? Sign In·Permalink Re: Handling "Special" Cases in "Special" Ways Robert Rohde 23-Jan-13 20:42  VB.Net Sign In·Permalink Re: Handling "Special" Cases in "Special" Ways PIEBALDconsult 23-Jan-13 20:49  Something similar I catch myself almost writing is along the lines of:   if ( x <> y ) x = y   Sign In·Permalink Re: Handling "Special" Cases in "Special" Ways peterchen 28-Jan-13 21:57  Are you by chance working in a funny language where !(a<>b) does not mean b can be used instead of a in all contexts?   Let's say you have a language where null == "" (for simplicity, you know?) Then you have an API that does not follow that convention and throws on a null. ORDER BY what user wants Sign In·Permalink

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