My preference always goes to the easiest to read...I would write:
String formcomments = attr.getFormComments();
if (formcommets == null)
formcomments = "";IMO, it is more obvious that the result (formcomments) will be assigned the value of attr.getFormComments(), unless the special case (null) is encountered.
C
disclaimer: This advice is worth exactly what you paid for it...maybe less.
Tony Spencer wrote:
Which of these examples is better practice or does not not really matter?
Example 1:
String formcomments = attr.getFormComments(); formcomments = (formcomments == null) ? "" : formcomments;
Example 2: String formcomments = (attr.getFormComments()== null) ? "" : attr.getFormComments();
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