Why is there no Char.Empty like String.Empty?

Question

Is there a reason for this? I am asking because if you needed to use lots of empty chars then you get into the same situation as you would when you use lots of empty strings.

Edit: The reason for this usage was this:

myString.Replace ('c', '')

So remove all instances of 'c's from myString.

Answer 1

There's no such thing as an empty char. The closest you can get is '\0', the Unicode "null" character. Given that you can embed that within string literals or express it on its own very easily, why would you want a separate field for it? Equally, the "it's easy to confuse "" and " "" arguments don't apply for '\0'.

If you could give an example of where you'd want to use it and why you think it would be better, that might help...

Answer 2

A char, unlike a string, is a discrete thing with a fixed size. A string is really a container of chars.

So, Char.Empty doesn't really make sense in that context. If you have a char, it's not empty.

Answer 3

Use Char.MinValue which works the same as '\0'. But be careful it is not the same as String.Empty.

Answer 4

use

myString.Replace ("c", "")

Answer 5

A char is a value type, so its value cannot be null. (Unless it is wrapped in a Nullable container).

Since it can't be null, in contains some numeric code and each code is mapped to some character.

Answer 6

Easiest way to blanket remove a character from string is to Trim it

cl = cl.Trim(' ');

Removes all of the spaces in a string