Is there a better way to write this line of C# code in C#3.0?

Question

I have a property declared as follows:

public decimal? MyProperty { get; set; }

I am needing to pass this value to another method as a string and so the only way I see to do so is as follows:

MyProperty == null ? null : MyProperty.ToString()

This looks very messy when you have a number of similar properties being passed into a method.

Does anyone know if there is a better and more concise way of writing this?

Oh, and if anyone can think of a more appropriate title to this question please feel free to change it...

Answer 1

You can use the Nullable<T>.ToString() override ...

var s = MyProperty.ToString(); // returns "" if MyProperty is null

Answer 2

You could use HasValue instead of the comparison:

MyProperty.HasValue ? MyProperty.Value.ToString() : null;