The Weird and The Wonderful

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

new string ( '*' , 255 ).Length

Smart K8 wrote:

I don't understand language of your tribe

int i;

if(i == null) {
  MessageBox.Show("Yes, Null!");
} else {
  MessageBox.Show("No, value was added somewhere in the code stack");
}

// if the variable of value is not initialized
// or contains nothing, does not exist in memory
// .equals(null) is a string method, to check string value
// and has same functionality
if (value == null || value.equals(null)) {
   // then return a string that is NOT null but contains "null"
  return "null";
}

public string Function1 () {
  // returns a string
}

public object IsNull(object o)
    {
    try
        {
        return o.Equals(null) ? o : o;
        }
    catch
        {
        return null;
        }
    }

OriginalGriff wrote:

But you'd have to be a complete moron to write that!, and think that it is good code!

Oops. I just did...

OriginalGriff wrote:

But you'd have to be a complete moron to write that!

int i;

if (null == value || (null).equals(value)) {

if (null==value)
{
    throw new NullPointerException();//It was null, we don't like their kind here
}
else
{
    //Do something
}