C# code won't compile. No implicit conversion between null and int

c# string null nullable
Hcabnettek picture Hcabnettek · Aug 14, 2009 · Viewed 44.7k times · Source

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Why doesn't this work? Seems like valid code.

  string cert = ddCovCert.SelectedValue;
  int? x = (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cert)) ? null: int.Parse(cert);
  Display(x);

How should I code this? The method takes a Nullable. If the drop down has a string selected I need to parse that into an int otherwise I want to pass null to the method.

Answer

Mehrdad Afshari picture Mehrdad Afshari · Aug 14, 2009 
int? x = string.IsNullOrEmpty(cert) ? (int?)null : int.Parse(cert);

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