Unlike Delphi, the string in C# is type of object. Therefore, you can reference the Length property to obtain the length of the string. However, when null value is assigned to a string, reference its Length will throw out a NullReferenceException. (Object Reference not set to an instance of an object). The following code will output zero and throw out the exception.
To ensure a good coding standard, we can put a check before using Length. Unlike null string, an empty string is usually expressed by “”. The empty string can use its Length (equal to zero) without problems.
string s = null;
if ((s != null) && (s.Length > 3))
{
Console.WriteLine(s.Length);
}
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