C#のヌル可能型（開発者にとっての仕組み）

// Declare a nullable integer
int? nullableInt = null;

' Declare a nullable integer
Dim nullableInt? As Integer = Nothing

if (nullableInt.HasValue)
{
    // If nullableInt has a value, print it
    Console.WriteLine("Value: " + nullableInt.Value);
}
else
{
    // If nullableInt does not have a value, print a message
    Console.WriteLine("No value assigned.");
}

If nullableInt.HasValue Then
	' If nullableInt has a value, print it
	Console.WriteLine("Value: " & nullableInt.Value)
Else
	' If nullableInt does not have a value, print a message
	Console.WriteLine("No value assigned.")
End If

// Assign 0 if nullableInt is null
int result = nullableInt ?? 0;
Console.WriteLine("Result: " + result);

' Assign 0 if nullableInt is null
Dim result As Integer = If(nullableInt, 0)
Console.WriteLine("Result: " & result)

// Declare a nullable double
double? nullableDouble = null;

' Declare a nullable double
Dim nullableDouble? As Double = Nothing

#nullable enable
// Declare a nullable string
string? nullableString = null;

'INSTANT VB TODO TASK: There is no equivalent to #nullable in VB:
'#nullable enable
' Declare a nullable string
'INSTANT VB WARNING: Nullable reference types have no equivalent in VB:
'ORIGINAL LINE: string? nullableString = null;
Dim nullableString As String = Nothing

<Nullable>enable</Nullable>

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int? nullableInt = null;
        // Use null coalescing operator to assign a default value
        int b = nullableInt ?? 10;
        Console.WriteLine("b: " + b);
        if (nullableInt.HasValue)
        {
            // nullableInt has a value
            Console.WriteLine("nullableInt has value: " + nullableInt.Value);
        }
        else
        {
            // nullableInt is null
            Console.WriteLine("nullableInt is null");
        }
    }
}

Friend Class Program
	Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
		Dim nullableInt? As Integer = Nothing
		' Use null coalescing operator to assign a default value
		Dim b As Integer = If(nullableInt, 10)
		Console.WriteLine("b: " & b)
		If nullableInt.HasValue Then
			' nullableInt has a value
			Console.WriteLine("nullableInt has value: " & nullableInt.Value)
		Else
			' nullableInt is null
			Console.WriteLine("nullableInt is null")
		End If
	End Sub
End Class

#nullable enable
class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string? nullableString = null;
        string nonNullableString = "Hello";
        // Use null coalescing operator to provide a default value for length
        Console.WriteLine(nullableString?.Length ?? 0);
        Console.WriteLine(nonNullableString.Length);
    }
}

'INSTANT VB TODO TASK: There is no equivalent to #nullable in VB:
'#nullable enable
Friend Class Program
	Shared Sub Main()
'INSTANT VB WARNING: Nullable reference types have no equivalent in VB:
'ORIGINAL LINE: string? nullableString = null;
		Dim nullableString As String = Nothing
		Dim nonNullableString As String = "Hello"
		' Use null coalescing operator to provide a default value for length
		Console.WriteLine(If(nullableString?.Length, 0))
		Console.WriteLine(nonNullableString.Length)
	End Sub
End Class

// Redundant, but syntactically valid
int? nestedNullableInt = null;

' Redundant, but syntactically valid
Dim nestedNullableInt? As Integer = Nothing