I would agree with Chris. If someone asked you to describe what you are trying to accomplish, you'd probably say something like:
"Well, I want to get the form comments. If they're null, I want to default to an empty string" And > String formcomments = attr.getFormComments(); > if (formcommets == null) > formcomments = ""; pretty much says it all. Rowland > 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(); > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chris Merrill | http://www.webperformanceinc.com > Web Performance Inc. | http://www.webperformancemonitoring.net > > Website Load Testing, Stress Testing, and Performance Monitoring Software > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org > _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
