null-coalescing operator in X#?

[Otto]

Two questions:

Is there in X# a null-coalescing operator as in C# the ??

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return source ?? String.Empty;

?

Is in X#

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iif(source==String.Empty,"is empty","is not empty")

the (only) syntax for the C# ternary conditional operator

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source == String.Empty ? "is empty" : "is not empty"

or is there another syntax possible (i'm not looking for the if...then...else...endif construction ofcourse...)

[Chris]

Hi Otto,

For (1), you need to use DEFAULT in X#:

return source DEFAULT String.Empty

For (2), yes, iif() is the equivalent of the ... ? ... : ... syntax. Note that iif() is not a function, it is being handled by the compiler, so it is as efficient as the c# version, just a different syntax.