In your opinion what is more readable: ?? (operator) or use of if's

Question

I have a method that will receive a string, but before I can work with it, I have to convert it to int. Sometimes it can be null and I ha

Answer 1

Why parse the string "0" just to get integer value 0? I definitely prefer this:

public int doSomeWork(string value) {
   int someValue;
   if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) {
      someValue = 0;
   } else {
      someValue = Int32.Parse(value);
   }
}