Question

See below code first please.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        public struct MyStruct
        {
            public List<MyStructItem> Items;
        }
        public struct MyStructItem
        {
            public string Value;
        }


        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List<MyStruct> myList = new List<MyStruct>();
            myList.Add(new MyStruct());

            //(!) it haven't comipled.
            if (myList[0].Items = null){Console.WriteLine("null!");}

            //(!) but it have compiled.
            if (myList[0].Items != null) { Console.WriteLine("not null!"); }

        }
    }
}

What is difference between !=null and =null in that case?

thanks.

Answer 1

You are using the assignment operator = instead of the equality operator ==.

Try:

//(!) it haven't comipled.            
if (myList[0].Items == null){Console.WriteLine("null!");}            

//(!) but it have compiled.            
if (myList[0].Items != null) { Console.WriteLine("not null!"); }

The difference is one compiles and one doesn’t 🙂

C# Operators:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6a71f45d(v=vs.80).aspx