String.Empty Field
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Represents the empty string. This field is read-only.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Empty As String
public static readonly string Empty
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 nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or String.Empty, use the IsNullOrEmpty method.
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.