vbNullString

[Lou]

What's the .NET equivalent

Dim strTmp as string
If strTmp=vbNullSt ring

[Mattias Sjögren]

>What's the .NET equivalent

>
Dim strTmp as string
If strTmp=vbNullSt ring

If strTmp Is Nothing Then
Mattias

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[RobinS]

String.Empty

Robin S.
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"Lou" <lo********@com cast.netwrote in message
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What's the .NET equivalent

Dim strTmp as string
If strTmp=vbNullSt ring

[Dr. Jochen Manns]

String.Empty <="" (or any uninitialized As String variable or parameter in
VB6)
null <=vbNullStrin g (very rare, typically only use in native interops)

"RobinS" <Ro****@NoSpam. yah.nonewrote in message
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String.Empty

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"Lou" <lo********@com cast.netwrote in message
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>What's the .NET equivalent

Dim strTmp as string
If strTmp=vbNullSt ring

[RobinS]

I don't understand what <=means. Does that mean less than, equal to, and
greater than?

I assumed the OP was asking about converting vbNullString from VB6 to
VB.Net.

Null does not equal vbNullString in VB6. They are two completely different
things.

String.Empty is the replacement for vbNullString.

String.Empty = ""
Nothing = ""
String.Empty = Nothing --True

Note that you can not do this:

Dim str As String
Debug.Print(str )

You *must* assign a value to str before you can display or print it, even
if it's String.Empty. For this reason, many people initialize their strings
like this:

Dim str As String = String.Empty

Robin S.
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"Dr. Jochen Manns" <de***@psimarro n.netwrote in message
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String.Empty <="" (or any uninitialized As String variable or parameter
in VB6)
null <=vbNullStrin g (very rare, typically only use in native interops)

"RobinS" <Ro****@NoSpam. yah.nonewrote in message
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>String.Empty

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"Lou" <lo********@com cast.netwrote in message
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>>What's the .NET equivalent

Dim strTmp as string
If strTmp=vbNullSt ring

[Rad [Visual C# MVP]]

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:23:32 -0800, RobinS wrote:

I don't understand what <=means. Does that mean less than, equal to, and
greater than?

I assumed the OP was asking about converting vbNullString from VB6 to
VB.Net.

Null does not equal vbNullString in VB6. They are two completely different
things.

String.Empty is the replacement for vbNullString.

String.Empty = ""
Nothing = ""
String.Empty = Nothing --True

Note that you can not do this:

Dim str As String
Debug.Print(str )

You *must* assign a value to str before you can display or print it, even
if it's String.Empty. For this reason, many people initialize their strings
like this:

Dim str As String = String.Empty

Robin S.

Hey Robin,

vbNullString is not equal to String.Empty. String.Empty equates to "", the
zero length string. The MSDN documentation specifically states that
vbNullString is not the same as a zero-length string.

I think the closest thing would be nothing

--
Bits.Bytes
http://bytes.thinkersroom.com

[RobinS]

"Rad [Visual C# MVP]" <no****@nospam. comwrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:23:32 -0800, RobinS wrote:

>I don't understand what <=means. Does that mean less than, equal to,
and
greater than?

I assumed the OP was asking about converting vbNullString from VB6 to
VB.Net.

Null does not equal vbNullString in VB6. They are two completely
different
things.

String.Empty is the replacement for vbNullString.

String.Empty = ""
Nothing = ""
String.Empty = Nothing --True

Note that you can not do this:

Dim str As String
Debug.Print(str )

You *must* assign a value to str before you can display or print it,
even
if it's String.Empty. For this reason, many people initialize their
strings
like this:

Dim str As String = String.Empty

Robin S.

Hey Robin,

vbNullString is not equal to String.Empty. String.Empty equates to "",
the
zero length string. The MSDN documentation specifically states that
vbNullString is not the same as a zero-length string.

I think the closest thing would be nothing

--
Bits.Bytes
http://bytes.thinkersroom.com

So here's my algebraic thinking.

In vb6: ?vbNullString = "" --true
In VB.Net: ?String.Empty = "" --true
(?Nothing = "" --true, so this is weird)

Algebraically speaking, if (a = b) and (b = c) then (a = c).

Therefore, if (vbNullString = '") and ("" = String.Empty),
then (vbNullString = String.Empty).

That's my theory!

Unless algebra doesn't hold true for .Net programming, in which I'm
screwed.

Robin S.

[Nasser Dassi]

Being a VB developer (since vb3), I hereby confirm that vbNullString is
equivalent to Nothing. And a "nulled" variable is equivalent to
String.Empty

Here's an ASP.NET scenario:

Page 1 submits FormField1 to Page 2. FormField1 is an empty textbox. Page
1 posts to Page 2.
Page 2 instantiates a variable, varField1.
varField1 = Request.Form("F ormField1") results in varField1 = String.Empty
BUT
varField1 = Request.Form("F ormField2") .. which does not exist... then
varField1 = Nothing (not an empty string, but just no value assigned).

I have run across this conundrum several times in my career, and it always
amazes me how C-based developers don't see the difference =o)

- nasser

"Rad [Visual C# MVP]" <no****@nospam. comwrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:23:32 -0800, RobinS wrote:

>I don't understand what <=means. Does that mean less than, equal to,
and
greater than?

I assumed the OP was asking about converting vbNullString from VB6 to
VB.Net.

Null does not equal vbNullString in VB6. They are two completely
different
things.

String.Empty is the replacement for vbNullString.

String.Empty = ""
Nothing = ""
String.Empty = Nothing --True

Note that you can not do this:

Dim str As String
Debug.Print(str )

You *must* assign a value to str before you can display or print it, even
if it's String.Empty. For this reason, many people initialize their
strings
like this:

Dim str As String = String.Empty

Robin S.

Hey Robin,

vbNullString is not equal to String.Empty. String.Empty equates to "", the
zero length string. The MSDN documentation specifically states that
vbNullString is not the same as a zero-length string.

I think the closest thing would be nothing

--
Bits.Bytes
http://bytes.thinkersroom.com

[Jim Carlock]

"RobinS" posted...
: So here's my algebraic thinking.
:
: In vb6: ?vbNullString = "" --true
: In VB.Net: ?String.Empty = "" --true
: (?Nothing = "" --true, so this is weird)
:
: Algebraically speaking, if (a = b) and (b = c) then (a = c).
:
: [...]
:
: Unless algebra doesn't hold true for .Net programming, in which
: I'm screwed.

Golly Gee Batman!

Not True <False!
Not False <True!

If (a = True), (b = False), (c = True) Then
a + b = c and
b + c = c
b + c = a

Algebra does not apply! What shall we call the Screwy one,
Batman?!?

Screwballs, Robin!

--
Jim Carlock
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[RobinS]

"Jim Carlock" <anonymous@loca lhostwrote in message
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"RobinS" posted...
: So here's my algebraic thinking.
:
: In vb6: ?vbNullString = "" --true
: In VB.Net: ?String.Empty = "" --true
: (?Nothing = "" --true, so this is weird)
:
: Algebraically speaking, if (a = b) and (b = c) then (a = c).
:
: [...]
:
: Unless algebra doesn't hold true for .Net programming, in which
: I'm screwed.

Golly Gee Batman!

Not True <False!
Not False <True!

If (a = True), (b = False), (c = True) Then
a + b = c and
b + c = c
b + c = a

Algebra does not apply! What shall we call the Screwy one,
Batman?!?

Screwballs, Robin!

--
Jim Carlock
Post replies to the group.

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Holy Pythagorean Theorem, Batman! It's a nutcase!

Robin S.