Why assigning null in ternary operator fails: no implicit conversion between null and int?

Question

This fails with a There is no implicit conversion between \'null\' and \'int\'

long? myVar = Int64.Parse( myOtherVar) == 0 ? null : Int64.Parse(         


        

Answer 1

I am sure you meant to say:

  myVar = value == 0 ? null : (long?)value;

instead of

  myVar = value == 0 ? null : value;

I liked the usage of the 'out' variable. Thanks.