{"id":251,"date":"2013-02-13T11:50:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T16:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/?p=251"},"modified":"2013-08-13T14:43:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T18:43:12","slug":"nullable-types-in-c-and-vb-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binaryworld.net\/blogs\/nullable-types-in-c-and-vb-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Nullable types in C# and VB.net"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever try to assign null to int value in C# or VB<\/p>\n

Both language has totally different behavior. VB allows you assign Nothing but it will translate to zero on the other end C# throws error “type is not nullable”<\/p>\n

Here is how you can set Integer to Null value in Both languages<\/p>\n

Visual basic.net<\/h4>\n
\r\nDim i as Integer=Nothing  '\/\/Works but set i=0\r\nDim i as Integer?=Nothing  '\/\/Works set i=Nothing\r\n<\/pre>\n
C#<\/h4>\n
\r\nint i =null '\/\/ERROR: type not nullable\r\nint? i =null '\/\/Works set i=null\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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