?? (null-coalescing) Operator In C#

Introduction

In this blog, I am going to discuss ?? operator in C#.
 
?? Operator 

?? is known as a null-coalescing operator. If the operand is not null, then it returns a left hand operand else it returns a right hand operand.

For example,
  1. Employee emp1 = null;  
  2. Employee emp2 = emp1 ?? (emp1 = new Employee());   
?? is a specific type of ternary operator. If we have to write the above code using ternary operator, then the following code needs to be written.
  1. Employee emp1 = null;  
  2. Employee emp2 = (emp1 != null) ? emp1 : new Employee ();  
Conclusion

If we have to check an object's null reference in ternary operator, then it can be achieved using ?? operator with minimal code.
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