Expand Null Coalescing Operation (C#)

• Apr 10, 2019

Converts a null coalescing operation to an equivalent ternary expression.

Availability

Available from the context menu or via shortcuts:

• when the edit cursor, or caret is on a statement that uses the ?? operator.

Notes

• This refactoring is the functional opposite of Compress to Null Coalescing Operation (C#).

Example

C#

private string GetMessage(string text)
{
    return (│text ?? "null");
}

Result:

C#

private string GetMessage(string text)
{
    return (│text != null ? text : "null");
}

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