How can I check a C# variable is an empty string "" or null?

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(myString)) {
   //
}

Since .NET 2.0 you can use:

// Indicates whether the specified string is null or an Empty string.
string.IsNullOrEmpty(string value);

Additionally, since .NET 4.0 there's a new method that goes a bit farther:

// Indicates whether a specified string is null, empty, or consists only of white-space characters.
string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(string value);

if the variable is a string

bool result = string.IsNullOrEmpty(variableToTest);

if you only have an object which may or may not contain a string then

bool result = string.IsNullOrEmpty(variableToTest as string);

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