Assigning Values to Nullable Variables in Flutter

In Flutter, if you have a nullable variable and you want to assign a new value to it, you can use the null-aware assignment operator (??=) or the regular assignment operator (=) along with a null check.

Here's an example:

dart

String? nullableVariable;

void assignValue(String newValue) {
  nullableVariable ??= newValue;
}

In the code snippet above, we have a nullable variable nullableVariable of type String?. The assignValue function takes a newValue parameter and assigns it to nullableVariable if nullableVariable is currently null. If nullableVariable already has a value, it remains unchanged.

The null-aware assignment operator (??=) checks if the variable on the left side is null and assigns the value on the right side only if the variable is null. If the variable already has a non-null value, the assignment operation is skipped.

Alternatively, if you want to assign a new value to a nullable variable with a null check, you can use the regular assignment operator (=) along with a null check:

dart

String? nullableVariable;

void assignValue(String newValue) {
  if (nullableVariable == null) {
    nullableVariable = newValue;
  }
}

In this case, the assignValue function checks if nullableVariable is null. If it is null, the new value is assigned to nullableVariable.

Both approaches ensure that you can assign a new value to a nullable variable in Flutter while handling the null case appropriately.

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