I'm missing something, how do I make this work?
var now = DateTime.Now;
string loadStartDate = Request.QueryString["sd"] == String.Empty ? now.AddMonths( -14 ).ToShortDateString();
string loadEndDate = Request.QueryString[ "ed" ] == String.Empty ? now.ToShortDateString();
Basically when the page loades if sd and/or ed is blank, then fill the date with my pre-defined stuff.
You are forgetting a : and the part after it.
The conditional operator has three parts:
Request.QueryString["sd"] == String.Empty)You are missing the false branch syntax and value.
I would write it as:
string loadStartDate = string.IsNullOrWhitespace(Request.QueryString["sd"])
? now.AddMonths( -14 ).ToShortDateString()
: Request.QueryString["sd"];
Note:
string.IsNullOrWhitespace is new to .NET 4.0, so use string.IsNullOrEmpty for prior versions.
Request.QueryString[] will return null (rather than String.Empty) if no value at all was submitted.
string.IsNullOrEmpty instead if not on 4.0 yet.It should be like:
string loadStartDate = Request.QueryString["sd"] == String.Empty ? now.AddMonths
( -14 ).ToShortDateString():SOME OTHER VALUE;
The syntax for the conditional operator is:
condition ? truevalue : falsevalue
You are missing the colon and the value for when the conditon is false.
You can use the conditional operator for this, but then it gets a little repetetive. Just do like this:
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
string loadStartDate = Request.QueryString["sd"];
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(loadStartDate)) loadStartDate = now.AddMonths(-14).ToShortDateString();
string loadEndDate = Request.QueryString[ "ed" ];
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(loadEndDate)) loadEndDate = now.ToShortDateString();
