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// Wrong.
string result = null;
// ...
if (something)
{
    variable.GetString();
}
return result;

// Also wrong.
string result = null;
// ...
if (something) return variable.GetString();
return result;

// Still wrong.
string result = null;
// ...
if (something)
    return variable.GetString();
return result;

// Less wrong, but wrong.
string result = null;
// ...
if (something)
{
    return variable.GetString();
}
return result;

// The one and only true path!
string result = null;
// ...
if (something)
{
    result = variable.GetString();
}
return result;

honey the codewitch wrote:

sometimes you still need a goto.

/// <summary>
/// Compute the distance between two strings.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="x">The string to search for/compare</param>
/// <param name="y">The string to search in/compare</param>
/// <returns>The distance between two strings. Lower is closer.</returns>
/// <remarks>Calculate the Levenshtein Distance between two strings (the number of insertions, deletions, and substitutions needed to transform the first string into the second)</remarks>
public static int GetDistance(this string x,string y){if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(x))return string.IsNullOrEmpty(y)?0:y.Length;else if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(y))return x.Length;int n=x.Length,m=y.Length;int[,]d=new int[n+1,m+1];if(0==m)return n;for(int i=0;i<=n;d[i,0]=i++);for(int j=0;j<=m;d[0,j]=j++);for(int i=1;i<=n;++i)for(int j=1;j<=m;++j)d[i,j]=Math.Min(Math.Min(d[i-1,j]+1,d[i,j-1]+1),d[i-1,j-1]+((y[j-1]==x[i-1])?0:1));return d[n,m];}

honey the codewitch wrote:

would it have been better or worse if i told you i just write code that way?

honey the codewitch wrote:

When you get to be as old as I am, brackets and whitespace just aren't important anymore.

string result = something ? variable.GetString() : null;

Sander Rossel wrote:

How could I have missed that!

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Marc Clifton wrote:

Sadly the reality is that I do have to work with other developers