<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Structure Nullable(Of T As Structure)

Dim instance As Nullable(Of T)

[SerializableAttribute] 
public struct Nullable<T> where T : struct

[SerializableAttribute] 
generic<typename T> where T : ValueType
public value class Nullable

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' This code example demonstrates the Nullable(Of T) class.
' The code example defines a database table in which two columns 
' are nullable. In the application, an array of rows is created 
' and initialized. The table rows could subsequently be 
' written to a database.

Imports System

Class Sample
    ' Define the "titleAuthor" table of the Microsoft "pubs" database. 
    
    Public Structure titleAuthor
    ' Author ID; format ###-##-####
        Public au_id As String
    ' Title ID; format AA####
        Public title_id As String
    ' Author ORD is nullable.
        Public au_ord As Nullable(Of Short)
    ' Royalty Percent is nullable.
        Public royaltyper As Nullable(Of Integer)
    End Structure 'titleAuthor
    
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
    ' Declare and initialize the titleAuthor array.
        Dim ta(2) As titleAuthor
        ta(0).au_id = "712-32-1176"
        ta(0).title_id = "PS3333"
        ta(0).au_ord = 1
        ta(0).royaltyper = 100
        
        ta(1).au_id = "213-46-8915"
        ta(1).title_id = "BU1032"
        ta(1).au_ord = Nothing
        ta(1).royaltyper = Nothing
        
        ta(2).au_id = "672-71-3249"
        ta(2).title_id = "TC7777"
        ta(2).au_ord = Nothing
        ta(2).royaltyper = 40
        
    ' Display the values of the titleAuthor array elements, and 
    ' display a legend.
        Display("Title Authors Table", ta)
        Console.WriteLine("Legend:")
        Console.WriteLine("An Author ORD of -1 means no value is defined.")
        Console.WriteLine("A Royalty % of 0 means no value is defined.")
    End Sub 'Main
    
    ' Display the values of the titleAuthor array elements.
    Public Shared Sub Display(ByVal dspTitle As String, _
                              ByVal dspAllTitleAuthors() As titleAuthor) 
        Console.WriteLine("*** {0} ***", dspTitle)
        Dim dspTA As titleAuthor
        For Each dspTA In dspAllTitleAuthors
            Console.WriteLine("Author ID ... {0}", dspTA.au_id)
            Console.WriteLine("Title ID .... {0}", dspTA.title_id)
            Console.WriteLine("Author ORD .. {0}", dspTA.au_ord.GetValueOrDefault(-1))
            Console.WriteLine("Royalty % ... {0}", dspTA.royaltyper.GetValueOrDefault(0))
            Console.WriteLine()
        Next dspTA
    End Sub 'Display
End Class 'Sample

'
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'*** Title Authors Table ***
'Author ID ... 712-32-1176
'Title ID .... PS3333
'Author ORD .. 1
'Royalty % ... 100
'
'Author ID ... 213-46-8915
'Title ID .... BU1032
'Author ORD .. -1
'Royalty % ... 0
'
'Author ID ... 672-71-3249
'Title ID .... TC7777
'Author ORD .. -1
'Royalty % ... 40
'
'Legend:
'An Author ORD of -1 means no value is defined.
'A Royalty % of 0 means no value is defined.
'

// This code example demonstrates the Nullable<T> class.
// The code example defines a database table in which two columns 
// are nullable. In the application, an array of rows is created 
// and initialized. The table rows could subsequently be 
// written to a database.

using System;

class Sample 
{
// Define the "titleAuthor" table of the Microsoft "pubs" database. 
    public struct titleAuthor 
    {
    // Author ID; format ###-##-####
    public string au_id;
    // Title ID; format AA####
    public string title_id;
    // Author ORD is nullable.
    public short? au_ord;
    // Royalty Percent is nullable.
    public int? royaltyper;
    }

    public static void Main() 
    {
// Declare and initialize the titleAuthor array.
    titleAuthor[] ta = new titleAuthor[3];
    ta[0].au_id = "712-32-1176";
    ta[0].title_id = "PS3333";
    ta[0].au_ord = 1;
    ta[0].royaltyper = 100;
  
    ta[1].au_id = "213-46-8915";
    ta[1].title_id = "BU1032";
    ta[1].au_ord = null;
    ta[1].royaltyper = null;

    ta[2].au_id = "672-71-3249";
    ta[2].title_id = "TC7777";
    ta[2].au_ord = null;
    ta[2].royaltyper = 40;

// Display the values of the titleAuthor array elements, and 
// display a legend.
    Display("Title Authors Table", ta);
    Console.WriteLine("Legend:");
    Console.WriteLine("An Author ORD of -1 means no value is defined.");
    Console.WriteLine("A Royalty % of 0 means no value is defined.");
    }

// Display the values of the titleAuthor array elements.
    public static void Display(string dspTitle, 
                               titleAuthor[] dspAllTitleAuthors)
    {
    Console.WriteLine("*** {0} ***", dspTitle);
    foreach (titleAuthor dspTA in dspAllTitleAuthors)
       {
       Console.WriteLine("Author ID ... {0}", dspTA.au_id);
       Console.WriteLine("Title ID .... {0}", dspTA.title_id);
       Console.WriteLine("Author ORD .. {0}", dspTA.au_ord ?? -1);
       Console.WriteLine("Royalty % ... {0}", dspTA.royaltyper ?? 0);
       Console.WriteLine();       
       }
    }
}

/*
This code example produces the following results:

*** Title Authors Table ***
Author ID ... 712-32-1176
Title ID .... PS3333
Author ORD .. 1
Royalty % ... 100

Author ID ... 213-46-8915
Title ID .... BU1032
Author ORD .. -1
Royalty % ... 0

Author ID ... 672-71-3249
Title ID .... TC7777
Author ORD .. -1
Royalty % ... 40

Legend:
An Author ORD of -1 means no value is defined.
A Royalty % of 0 means no value is defined.

*/