string problem

[Dave Bailey]

I am trying to use an if statement to obtain a return value to use somewhere else in my program. Can you look at this code and tell me what needs to be added to the code to keep from getting an unassigned local variable sortParameter error



public string SortParameter(



string sortParamete

if (fiscalYearChec k.Checked == true



sortParameter = "wo11"



else if (custCheck.Chec ked == true



sortParameter = "wopm2"



return sortParameter





Thanks



Dav

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Re: string problem

Dave,

You can just declare your variable like this:

string sortParameter = null;

Hope this helps.


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"Dave Bailey" <anonymous@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:70192BF0-557D-403A-8CE6-288F8005DC2C@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> I am trying to use an if statement to obtain a return value to use[/color]
somewhere else in my program. Can you look at this code and tell me what
needs to be added to the code to keep from getting an unassigned local
variable sortParameter error.[color=blue]
>
>
>
> public string SortParameter()
>
> {
>
> string sortParameter
>
> if (fiscalYearChec k.Checked == true)
>
> {
>
> sortParameter = "wo11";
>
> }
>
> else if (custCheck.Chec ked == true)
>
> {
>
> sortParameter = "wopm2";
>
> }
>
> return sortParameter;
>
> }
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Dave
>[/color]

[Marco Martin]

Re: string problem

Dave,

Try doing this;

string sortParameter = null;

this way the string is assigned a value. thus no error

HTH
Marco
"Dave Bailey" <anonymous@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:70192BF0-557D-403A-8CE6-288F8005DC2C@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> I am trying to use an if statement to obtain a return value to use[/color]
somewhere else in my program. Can you look at this code and tell me what
needs to be added to the code to keep from getting an unassigned local
variable sortParameter error.[color=blue]
>
>
>
> public string SortParameter()
>
> {
>
> string sortParameter
>
> if (fiscalYearChec k.Checked == true)
>
> {
>
> sortParameter = "wo11";
>
> }
>
> else if (custCheck.Chec ked == true)
>
> {
>
> sortParameter = "wopm2";
>
> }
>
> return sortParameter;
>
> }
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Dave
>[/color]

[Dave Bailey]

Re: string problem

That worked great.

Thanks,

dave