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The C# ?? null coalescing operator (and using it with LINQ)

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Published: 20 Sep 2007

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This article examines the usage of ?? null coalescing operator in C# using LINQ.

by Scott Guthrie
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One of the subtle (but cool) language features of C# is the ?? "null coalescing" operator. This provides a nice, terse way to check whether a value is null, and if so return an alternate value.

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