is there a null conditional operator in Vbnet?

Question

cIn C# there is a null conditional operator ?. (sometimes called the Elvis operator) like so:

var name = project?.customer?.name;

which doesn't fail but instead return null if project or customer is null.

Is there an equivalent in VB.NET?

Note that I am not looking for If(b, x, y) but the very ?. replacement.

Answer 1

VB also has the null conditional operator (never heard the term 'Elvis' operator):

Dim name = customer?.name

Notes:

1. Inferred typing in VB requires Option Infer On

2. I'm pretty sure that your original C# code sample should have been:

   var name = customer?.name;