safe navigation operator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A binary operator that returns its second argument, unless the first argument is null, in which case it returns null; used to simplify code that would otherwise need multiple explicit checks for nullity.

Word forms

safe navigation operator safe navigation operators
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