If (Array.Length == 0)

Question

If an array is empty, it looks like you can\'t check it\'s length using \".length\". What\'s the best way to check if an array is empty?

Answer 1

As other have already suggested it is likely you are getting a NullReferenceException which can be avoided by first checking to see if the reference is null. However, you need to ask yourself whether that check is actually warranted. Would you be doing it because the reference really might be null and it being null has a special meaning in your code? Or would you be doing it to cover up a bug? The nature of the question leads me to believe it would be the latter. In which case you really need to examine the code in depth and figure out why that reference did not get initialized properly in the first place.