Use of unassigned local variable - if statements

c#, unassigned-variable

Solution

when declaring string strType you must assign a value, something like

string strType = null;

More details: Compiler Error CS0165

Problem

I'm doing the following block of code and the compiler is complaining about unassigned local variables and could use some help identifying what's up. ``` while (rsData.Read()) { if (rsData["TYPE"] != DBNull.Value) strType = rsData["TYPE"].ToString().Trim(); if (strType == "01") { if (rsData["Text"] != DBNull.Value) strwho = rsData["Text"].ToString(); if ((strwho.Length < 10 || (strwho.IndexOf("NULL") > 1))) strwho = ""; } else if (strType == "07") { if (rsData["Text"] != DBNull.Value) strmetades = rsData["Text"].ToString(); if ((strmetades.Length < 10 || (strmetades.IndexOf("NULL") > 1))) strmetades = ""; } ``` It complains on all of the 'if (strType == "01")' lines and I'm not sure what's up. I've thought of using a switch for this but that seems to get the same issue also. Any ideas?

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