IDE0059 Unnecessary assignment of a value to 'result'

Question

protected async Task HandleValidSubmit()
{
     Mapper.Map(EditEmployeeModel, Employee);

     Employee result = null;

     if (Employee.EmployeeId != 0)
     {
                


        

Answer 1

Both branches of the if and the else assign a value to result, so you don't need to initialize it with null. This null is never read and will just be overwritten anyway.