Point taken Brad. I stand corrected. Thanks.
Regards,
Rohit
----- Original Message -----
From: Nic Ferrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Access problem
> >>> rohit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03-Jun-00 2:24:14 PM >>>
>
> This is not really on-topic but does have ramifications for what
> we're all talking about so...
>
> >Brad, I disagree with you. I don't think writing empty string as ""
> or " "
> >makes any difference. As for the problem, I can only say after
> looking at
> >the code.
>
> Empty java.lang.String==""
>
> You can tell that because "".length()==0
>
> Whereas: " ".length()==1 (the space)
>
> But that probably shouldn't affect the code as long as you are
> comparing like with like,
> ie:
> " ".equals(" ");
> or
> "".equals("");
>
> With the empty string you can always do:
>
> "".length()==0
>
> which is probably more efficient (because the compiler can inline the
> call to length()).
>
> IMHO in Java generally you should always use a null guard with
> Strings, eg:
>
> if(string!=null && string.length()!=0)
> file://it's not a null or empty string
>
>
>
> Nic Ferrier
>
>
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