Is null checking required for IEnumerable object?

Question

var selectedRows = from drow in ugTable.Rows
                         .Cast<Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.UltraGridRow>()
                         .Where(drow => drow != null && drow.Selected) 
                   select drow;

if(selectedRows.Count()==1){//do something with selected rows}

From the above statement, do i need to check Null for the selectedRows variable? selectedRows is an IEnumerable variable.

Answer 1

You do not need to check if selectedRows is null. The returned IEnumerable<> might be empty, but it will never be null.

As an aside, I'd suggest you simplify your code by writing:

var selectedRows
    = ugTable.Rows.Cast<Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.UltraGridRow>()
                  .Where(drow => drow != null && drow.Selected);

Which is shorter and equivalent.

Answer 2

The LINQ query will return an empty list (0 items), if there are no matches on the where.

So, no need to check for null.