Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dammit operator

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: dammit -op-er-a-tor
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The operator ! in the C# programming language, used to indicate to the compiler that a possibly null reference will not be null at that point.

Slang

Example Sentences

"If you have a reference that the compiler presumes could be null […] but which you have good reason to believe will never be null, you can tell the compiler this by using the null forgiving operator […] It is sometimes known informally as the dammit operator, because being an exclamation mark makes it look like a slightly exasperated kind of assertion."
"However, C# 8 does have a feature (which I've heard referred to as the dammit operator) that allows you to insist that, despite what the compiler believes, you know the variable will not be null; […]"
"When we've filtered out all the null elements from our collection, we apply the dammit operator to the argument for ToTitleCase, as shown in Listing 2-34."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

dammit operators (plural)

Questions

What does dammit operator mean?: The operator ! in the C# programming language, used to indicate to the compiler that a possibly null reference will not be null at that point.

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