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title	null (C# Reference)
ms.date	07/20/2015
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null (C# Reference)

The null keyword is a literal that represents a null reference, one that does not refer to any object. null is the default value of reference-type variables. Ordinary value types cannot be null. However, C# 2.0 introduced nullable value types. See Nullable Types.

The following example demonstrates some behaviors of the null keyword:

[!code-csharpcsrefKeywordsLiteral#1]

C# Language Specification

[!INCLUDECSharplangspec]

See Also

C# Reference
C# Programming Guide
C# Keywords
Literal Keywords
Default Values Table
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