String.IsNullOrEmpty(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

String.cs

Indicates whether the specified string is null or an empty string ("").

public:
 static bool IsNullOrEmpty(System::String ^ value);

public static bool IsNullOrEmpty (string? value);

static member IsNullOrEmpty : string -> bool

Public Shared Function IsNullOrEmpty (value As String) As Boolean

Parameters

value

String

The string to test.

Returns

Boolean

true if the value parameter is null or an empty string (""); otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example examines three strings and determines whether each string has a value, is an empty string, or is null.

using namespace System;
String^ Test( String^ s )
{
   if (String::IsNullOrEmpty(s))
      return "is null or empty";
   else
      return String::Format( "(\"{0}\") is neither null nor empty", s );
}

int main()
{
   String^ s1 = "abcd";
   String^ s2 = "";
   String^ s3 = nullptr;
   Console::WriteLine( "String s1 {0}.", Test( s1 ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "String s2 {0}.", Test( s2 ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "String s3 {0}.", Test( s3 ) );
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       String s1 ("abcd") is neither null nor empty.
//       String s2 is null or empty.
//       String s3 is null or empty.

string s1 = "abcd";
string s2 = "";
string s3 = null;

Console.WriteLine("String s1 {0}.", Test(s1));
Console.WriteLine("String s2 {0}.", Test(s2));
Console.WriteLine("String s3 {0}.", Test(s3));

String Test(string s)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
    return "is null or empty";
else
    return String.Format("(\"{0}\") is neither null nor empty", s);
}

// The example displays the following output:
//       String s1 ("abcd") is neither null nor empty.
//       String s2 is null or empty.
//       String s3 is null or empty.

Class Sample
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim s1 As String = "abcd"
      Dim s2 As String = ""
      Dim s3 As String = Nothing
      
      Console.WriteLine("String s1 {0}.", Test(s1))
      Console.WriteLine("String s2 {0}.", Test(s2))
      Console.WriteLine("String s3 {0}.", Test(s3))
   End Sub
   
   Public Shared Function Test(s As String) As String
      If String.IsNullOrEmpty(s) Then
         Return "is null or empty"
      Else
         Return String.Format("(""{0}"") is neither null nor empty", s)
      End If
   End Function 
End Class  
' The example displays the following output:
'       String s1 ("abcd") is neither null nor empty.
'       String s2 is null or empty.
'       String s3 is null or empty.

let test (s: string): string =
    if String.IsNullOrEmpty(s)
    then "is null or empty"
    else $"(\"{s}\") is neither null nor empty"

let s1 = "abcd"
let s2 = ""
let s3 = null

printfn "String s1 %s" (test s1)
printfn "String s2 %s" (test s2)
printfn "String s2 %s" (test s3)

// The example displays the following output:
//       String s1 ("abcd") is neither null nor empty.
//       String s2 is null or empty.
//       String s3 is null or empty.

Remarks

For more information about this API, see Supplemental API remarks for String.IsNullOrEmpty.

See also

• IsNullOrWhiteSpace(String)