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The ?? operator

By , 4 Sep 2012
 

Introduction

Operator is introduced with Nullable datatype inclusion in .NET Framework operator ?? can also be referred in a word like 'In case of null, pick value from another'

Scenario

Suppose you're assigning a value to Nullable bool like:
 
bool? b = null;
At the time of checking value, it will give you an error like:
if(b) //Error CS0266.
{
 
}
So it's always preferable using ?? to prevent error like
if(b ?? false)
{
}
It defines that, in case b is null, pick the value false.
?? can be also used in multiple choice of value like:
bool ? a = null
bool ? b = null
bool ? c = true
 
a = b ?? c ?? false;
 
That will check b first, If b is undefined or null, then it will move further to check for c if that's also having null then it will set false to a.

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General@JH64 : Thanks. Yes that's some excessive white space while ...memberHiren Solanki27 Dec '10 - 20:28 
GeneralHiren, unfortunately, adding "Also, it is not limited to nul...mvpSAKryukov27 Dec '10 - 20:28 
General@brad : I haven't said it's limited to NULL only I said it w...memberHiren Solanki27 Dec '10 - 20:27 
GeneralReason for my vote of 4 Nice. I will try to use ??. I think...memberJH6427 Dec '10 - 7:16 
GeneralIt is called the null-coalescing (or coalesce) operator. It...memberbrad.ford@cudl.com27 Dec '10 - 6:35 
General@SledgeHammer01 : It was just reference from MSDN, Not copy ...memberHiren Solanki23 Dec '10 - 18:33 
SuggestionRe: @SledgeHammer01 : It was just reference from MSDN, Not copy ...memberClifford Nelson7 Sep '12 - 14:29 
GeneralRe: @SledgeHammer01 : It was just reference from MSDN, Not copy ...memberHiren solanki7 Sep '12 - 18:50 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 nice tipmemberSChristmas23 Dec '10 - 5:32 
GeneralReason for my vote of 2 copy and paste from MSDNmemberSledgeHammer0123 Dec '10 - 5:11 

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