Assigning null/Nullable to DateTime in Ternary Operation

Question

I have a statement like

DateTime ? dt = (string1 == string2) ? null; (DateTime)(txtbox.Text);

which I cannot compile. Reason is : null cannot be assigned to DateTime.

So, I have to declare a Nullable<DateTime> nullable variable and replace null with nullable.

I do not want to use if-statement and I want to do this in one line.

Also, Can I use operator ?? here.

Solution

DateTime? dt = (string1 == string2) ? (DateTime?)null
                                    : DateTime.Parse(txtbox.Text);

Comments

[LukeH]

You can't directly cast a string to a DateTime. You'll need to use the Parse method instead. msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1k1skd40.aspx