How to check for Undefined Values/Objects in C#

[M. Uppal]

Hi, I need to check for undefined values and objects in C#, which function
should i use. (== null) does not work for undefined objects.

thanks

[Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu]

"=?Utf-8?B?TS4gVXBwYWw=?=" <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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Hi, I need to check for undefined values and objects in C#, which
function should i use. (== null) does not work for undefined objects.

Null is undefined. I've only found a very few instances that ti doesnt work in C# due to conversions
or overrides.
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[M. Uppal]

Here is my snipet of code that doesnot work
if (sObject[0] == null) {sLen = "0";} else {sLen =
sObject.Length.ToString();}

where sObject[0] has value of <undefined value>

how else should i make this work.

thanks,

M. Uppal

"Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu" wrote:

"=?Utf-8?B?TS4gVXBwYWw=?=" <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:54**********************************@microsof t.com:

Hi, I need to check for undefined values and objects in C#, which
function should i use. (== null) does not work for undefined objects.

Null is undefined. I've only found a very few instances that ti doesnt work in C# due to conversions
or overrides.
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[mdb]

"=?Utf-8?B?TS4gVXBwYWw=?=" <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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Here is my snipet of code that doesnot work
if (sObject[0] == null) {sLen = "0";} else {sLen =
sObject.Length.ToString();}

Its probably not sObject[0] that is null, but sObject itself. Try this:

if (sObject == null) { sLen = "0"; } .....

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-mdb

[Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu]

"=?Utf-8?B?TS4gVXBwYWw=?=" <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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Here is my snipet of code that doesnot work
if (sObject[0] == null) {sLen = "0";} else {sLen =
sObject.Length.ToString();}

where sObject[0] has value of <undefined value>

What happens when you run it? Do you recieve the error or are you using the watch? The watch window
is sometimes not accurate and displays undefined when in fact it does have a value.

What type is sObject?
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[M. Uppal]

This is an object of type user define datatype which returns row data via web
services.

I get no error, it simply ignore it.

M. Uppal

"Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu" wrote:

"=?Utf-8?B?TS4gVXBwYWw=?=" <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:EB**********************************@microsof t.com:

Here is my snipet of code that doesnot work
if (sObject[0] == null) {sLen = "0";} else {sLen =
sObject.Length.ToString();}

where sObject[0] has value of <undefined value>

What happens when you run it? Do you recieve the error or are you using the watch? The watch window
is sometimes not accurate and displays undefined when in fact it does have a value.

What type is sObject?
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[M. Uppal]

When i do sObject.Lenght, it tells me there is one record. That is why i am
using sObject[0] which is undefined. This record is returned via web-services.

M. Uppal

"mdb" wrote:

"=?Utf-8?B?TS4gVXBwYWw=?=" <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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Here is my snipet of code that doesnot work
if (sObject[0] == null) {sLen = "0";} else {sLen =
sObject.Length.ToString();}

Its probably not sObject[0] that is null, but sObject itself. Try this:

if (sObject == null) { sLen = "0"; } .....

--
-mdb

[Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu]

"=?Utf-8?B?TS4gVXBwYWw=?=" <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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This is an object of type user define datatype which returns row data
via web services.

But what class type is sObject? Its it an array? An object with an index property?
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[M. Uppal]

Yes, this object is of type array.

"Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu" wrote:

"=?Utf-8?B?TS4gVXBwYWw=?=" <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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This is an object of type user define datatype which returns row data
via web services.

But what class type is sObject? Its it an array? An object with an index property?
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[Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu]

"=?Utf-8?B?TS4gVXBwYWw=?=" <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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Yes, this object is of type array.

And its an array of what type? What is the declaration of it? The problem I described should not
happen with arrays, but there are certain cases it is possible with implicit conversions.
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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

M. Uppal <MU****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Here is my snipet of code that doesnot work
if (sObject[0] == null) {sLen = "0";} else {sLen =
sObject.Length.ToString();}

where sObject[0] has value of <undefined value>

how else should i make this work.

Could you post a short but complete program which demonstrates the
problem?

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/complete.html for details of
what I mean by that.

(As you can see, trying to work out the answer by playing twenty
questions can end up taking a long time...)

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