Compress to Null Coalescing Operation (C#)

• Apr 10, 2019

Converts a ternary expression to an equivalent null coalescing operation.

Availability

Available from the context menus or via shortcuts:

• when the caret is on a ? statement. The statement’s left hand side should compare a variable to null. The same variable should be one of two alternatives in the right-hand side.

Notes

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

Example

C#

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

Result:

C#

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

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