null - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • embed: Exactly N bytes are copied, including any embedded nulls.
  • declare: If this happens repeatedly during a game then the match will be declared null and void and be rescheduled on a different server.
  • terminate: The created string will copy the data pointed to by a, up to the first terminating null.
  • return: Services which do not provide any UI should return null.
  • specify: Specifying null or an empty array for connCtls means no connection request controls.

Modifying Another Word

  • possibly: Returns: The possibly null class name of object bound.

Modifies a noun

  • hypothesis: For these experiments, the null hypothesis was rejected.
  • pointer: NULL pointer 's address ) in executing the object file causes a SIGBUS signal.
  • byte: Thus Z always packs a trailing null byte under all circumstances.
  • terminator: The null terminator is considered part of the UTF-8 string.
  • string: The second form sets name to the null string.
  • modem: Oddly enough ttyS2 is the null modem that runs into the living room.

Used with adjective complement

  • return: The correct behavior of expr = NULL is to always return null ( unknown ).

Noun used with modifier

  • non-: Returns: the class name, as a non- null String.
  • return: Since there are no children by default, this returns null.

Infinitive complement

  • indicate: This value can be null to indicate no children are being added ( useful to remove ).

Preposition: if

  • pathname: Returns null if this abstract pathname does not denote a directory, or if an I/O error occurs.
  • none: May be null if none of the messages require localization.
  • attribute: Parameters: color - Polygon boundary color, or null if vector attribute used to determine color.
  • node: Returns null if this node has no parent or is the parent's last child.

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