Kilo

Im SO SICK AND TIRED OF THIS ERROR! Im at work right now and we have been writing a semi-large program for our department in C#. A very common error we recieve is

Object reference not set to an instance of an object...

WHICH IS BSSSSSS. We could run the same code 100 times before the errors starts.. what is causing this why does this keep happening.

below is the most recent time it happened

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private bool PipeValidation(string pipeVal)
{
for(int i=0; i<pipeVal.Length; i++) //this is the problem line
{
if(pipeVal[i] == '|')
{
return false;
}
}

return true;
}
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Kilo

this has to be a record... 30 minutes with no reply?

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nnxion

That's not the problem, show us more of the code.
Btw why not use IndexOf?

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OpenLoop

Kilo, what makes you think that the problem is there. Sometimes, the Null error points to the wrong line. Check the code executed before this one.

BTW, bitching about slow response won't get you anywhere. Be nice to people dedicating their time to help.

Pedja

It seems that at some point pipeVal is passed to the function without having been initialized.

nnxion

@Pedja: pipeVal is the parameter. I'm pretty sure it gets passed to the function.

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DaWei

Oh yeeeee gadsssssssssssss, forgive us mama! We didn't prepare the bottle or the pacifier in accordance with expectations! S'cuse me while I go decapitate my fingernail with a hedge clipper! Actually, probably 10% of the problems in a program occur unpredictably (that means, not until the boss or client is looking). It's usually the result of undefined or unspecified behavior. There, there's your answer. Gotta go. Oh, "rec - E - I - ve".

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Dameon

Umm...debugger? I think I'll side with the VM on this one...

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Pedja

@nnxion
I think that the problem might be passing a null value to the function.

nnxion

Nah, I don't think he's that stupid.
Btw: You actually spelled my nick correctly, yay.

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