Checking if an object is null in C#

Question

I would like to prevent further processing on an object if it is null.

In the following code I check if the object is null by either:

if (!data.Equal         


        

Answer 1

C# 6 has monadic null checking :)

before:

if (points != null) {
    var next = points.FirstOrDefault();
    if (next != null && next.X != null) return next.X;
}   
return -1;

after:

var bestValue = points?.FirstOrDefault()?.X ?? -1;