Checking null and string.Empty in C#

Question

This might sound like a noob question, but are:

string var;
if (var == null)

and

string var;
if (var == string.Empty)

The same?

Duplicate

What's the Difference between String.Empty and Null? and In C#, should I use String.Empty or Null?

Answer 1

@Jay is correct, they are not the same. String.IsNullOrEmpty() is a convenient method to check for both null and "".