title: is there a null conditional operator in Vbnet?
body: <p>cIn C# there is a null conditional operator <code>?.</code> (sometimes called the Elvis operator) like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var name = project?.customer?.name;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which doesn't fail but instead return <code>null</code> if <code>project</code> or <code>customer</code> is null.</p>
  
  <p>Is there an equivalent in VB.NET?</p>
  
  <p>Note that I am not looking for <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/576431/is-there-a-conditional-ternary-operator-in-vb-net"><code>If(b, x, y)</code></a> but the very <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/conditional-operator" rel="noreferrer"><code>?.</code></a> replacement.</p>