?: ?? Operators Instead Of IF|ELSE

Question

public string Source
{
    get
    {
        /*
        if ( Source == null ){
            return string . Empty;
        } else {
            return Source;
                


        

Answer 1

For [1], you can't: these operators are made to return a value, not perform operations.

The expression

a ? b : c

evaluates to b if a is true and evaluates to c if a is false.

The expression

b ?? c

evaluates to b if b is not null and evaluates to c if b is null.

If you write

return a ? b : c;

or

return b ?? c;

they will always return something.

For [2], you can write a function that returns the right value that performs your "multiple operations", but that's probably worse than just using if/else.