String.Empty Field (System)

.NET Framework Class Library

String..::.Empty Field

Represents the empty string. This field is read-only.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Public Shared ReadOnly Empty As String

public static readonly string Empty

public:
static initonly String^ Empty

static val Empty: string

Remarks

The value of this field is the zero-length string, "".

In application code, this field is most commonly used in assignments to initialize a string variable to an empty string. To test whether the value of a string is either nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or String..::.Empty, use the IsNullOrEmpty method.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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