Checking for null before ToString()

Question

Here\'s the scenario...

if (entry.Properties[\"something\"].Value != null)
  attribs.something = entry.Properties[\"something\"].Value.ToString();
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Answer 1

To do precisely what you're trying to do a helper method can always be used:

CopyIfNotNull(entry.Properties["something"].Value, out attribs.something);

void CopyIfNotNull(string src, out string dest)
{
  if(src != null)
    dest = src;
}