Non-Nullable String Initializes as Null

Question

I trying to understand why a non-nullable string initializes to null instead of an empty string. For example:

//Property of class foo
public string Address_N         


        

Answer 1

There is no such thing as a "non-nullable string".

String is a reference type, so its default value is indeed a null.

You could get around the issue by setting the value to String.Empty in the constructor for your class (foo).