NP134 null

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NP134 null

In the following program string value is declared as a null. Is there any advantage of declaring string value as a null? Because string is a reference-type variable whereas null is a default value of reference-type variables.

Please explain.

Thank you

using System;

class MainClass

{

public static void Main(string[] args)

{

string formStr = null;

formStr = string.Format("you had {0:C} in your account?", 99989.987);

Console.WriteLine(formStr);

}

you had $99,989.99 in your account?

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Alan18y ago
Accepted answer
There's no point in assigning formStr a value of null when you're going to assign it a different value in the next line. If I'd been writing that code, I would have combined those two lines into one:

string formStr = string.Format("you had {0:C} in your account?", 99989.987);

However, it should be noted that local variables (unlike fields) don't have a default value and if you try to use them before the compiler can be certain that they've been assigned a value, then the compiler will complain.

For this reason, many C# deveoplers always give their local variables default values when they're declared as did the developer of the code you posted.
18y ago
Thank you very much for explanation.