String.Empty Field (System)

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StringEmpty Field

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

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

Syntax

Public Shared ReadOnly Empty As [%$TOPIC/74wsya52_en-us_VS_110_1_0_0_0_0%]

public static readonly [%$TOPIC/74wsya52_en-us_VS_110_1_0_1_0_0%] Empty

public:
static initonly [%$TOPIC/74wsya52_en-us_VS_110_1_0_2_0_0%]^ Empty

static val Empty: [%$TOPIC/74wsya52_en-us_VS_110_1_0_3_0_0%]

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 or StringEmpty, use the IsNullOrEmpty method.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 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

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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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