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use the null coalesce operator ??

Given an XElement elem:

var value = (string)elem ?? "empty";

Manu 2010-01-13 14:29:10

That's the right answer, but it's worth pointing out that the important bit here is really that `XElement`'s explicit conversion to string will return null if the input is null - whereas `element.Value` will throw an exception.

Jon Skeet 2010-01-13 14:34:24

so assuming XElement is null. string myvalue = (string) XElement; will have myvalue be null? string myvalue = XElement.Value; will throw an exception. string myvalue = (string) XElement ?? "empty"; will give myvalue a value of "empty"?

zachary 2010-01-13 15:28:58

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Please can you add more of your code, so that we can make a better suggestion?

EasyTimer 2010-01-13 14:33:38

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