Using VS05 and C#. The following two examples produce different results. My goal is to fill myvar with either myvar1 or myvar2. Sometimes my myvar1 is empty, in which case I want the value in myvar2.

When I step through my code in example 1 and myvar1 is empty, the code performs this 'myvar = myvar2' which is what I expect. However, the next line of code then performs this 'myvar = myvar1' which I don't expect. Why does this happen?

The only way I can get the results I want is to change example 1 to look like example 2. Example 2 works all the time. Why doesn't example 1 work like example 2?

//Example 1
if (myvar1 == "") myvar = myvar2; myvar = myvar1;

//Example 2
if (myvar1 == "")
  {
    myvar = myvar2;
  }
  else
  {
    myvar = myvar1;
  }

Thanks,

Jerry