How to prevent the arrowhead anti-pattern

Question

I\'m a bit confused about how to best refactor my code into something more readable.

Consider this piece of code:

var foo = getfoo();
if(foo!=null)
{         


        

Answer 1

Do it old-school:

var foo;
var bar;
var moo;
var cow;
var failed = false;
failed = failed || (foo = getfoo()) == null;
failed = failed || (bar = getbar(foo)) == null;
failed = failed || (moo = getmoo(bar)) == null;
failed = failed || (cow = getcow(moo)) == null;

Much clearer - no arrow - and extendable forever.

Please do not go over to the Dark Side and use goto or return.