So, as part of a functionality i wanted to implement, i needed to validate whether a string was null or empty.
Came up with 3 different ways: -
if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(myString)) // Do Work
if(myString != null && myString != "") // Do Work
if(myString != null && myString.Length != 0) // Do WorkNow, my task was to decide which one would be the best to use. The following blogs were of much help: -
Performance Analysis : http://www.dotnetperls.com/isnullorempty
Issues with IsNullOrEmpty (at least read the 2nd post - the one on omegacoder.com - it clarifies the issue with the said method):
http://www.omegacoder.com/?p=105
Hopefully, these posts will help you too. Personally, I'd go for
String.IsNullOrEmpty() just for the readability factor, unless performance is
the bottleneck!!
Till my next post, Adeus
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