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Null coalescing operator

The null coalescing operator is a binary operator that is part of the syntax for a basic conditional expression in several programming languages, such as (in alphabetical order): C# since version 2.0, Dart since version 1.12.0, PHP since version 7.0.0, Perl since version 5.10 as logical defined-or, PowerShell since 7.0.0, and Swift as nil-coalescing…

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Null coalescing operator

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Null coalescing operator

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related to Rust · 7
Null coalescing operator → Alternatively, Any, For, Result, Rust, Try, While
related to CFML · 6
Null coalescing operator → As, CFML, ColdFusion, Example, It, Railo
is a · 2
Null coalescing operator → binary operator that is part of the syntax for a basic conditional expression in several programming languages, short-circuiting operator and thus does not evaluate the second operand if its value is not used
related to C# · 2
Null coalescing operator → In, It
related to PowerShell · 1
Null coalescing operator → Since PowerShell

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operator null value coalescing used default example perl languages otherwise swift version returns result programming php code use following since

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Null coalescing operatoris abinary operator that is part of the syntax for a basic conditional expression in several programming languages0.90text
Null coalescing operatoris ashort-circuiting operator and thus does not evaluate the second operand if its value is not used0.90text
Null coalescing operatorrelated to C#In0.60section
Null coalescing operatorrelated to C#It0.60section
Null coalescing operatorrelated to CFMLAs0.60section
Null coalescing operatorrelated to CFMLColdFusion0.60section
Null coalescing operatorrelated to CFMLRailo0.60section
Null coalescing operatorrelated to CFMLCFML0.60section
Null coalescing operatorrelated to CFMLIt0.60section
Null coalescing operatorrelated to CFMLExample0.60section
Null coalescing operatorrelated to PowerShellSince PowerShell0.60section
Null coalescing operatorrelated to RustWhile0.60section

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