assign null values to properties inside list

I have declared list as below 

 List<myList> mylist= new List<myList>();

Here is class for myList

internal class myList
{
    public int ID { set; get; }
    public string Name { set; get; }
}

Now when adding record inside list there are few null values coming from database in "Name" Field.

mylist.Add(new myList{ ID= (int) item["ID"], Name = item["Name"].ToString()});

I know i can add condition to check like 

var Name ="";
if (item["Name"] !=null) {
      Name = item["Name"]
}

Then use variable Name while adding record to list 

mylist.Add(new myList{ ID= (int) item["ID"], Name = Name});

is there any other better way?

Jon Skeet
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I suspect you're looking for the null-coalescing operator here to provide a default value if the existing value is a null reference.

// Names changed to look more conventional
people.Add(new Person { Id = (int) item["ID"], Name = (string) item["Name"] ?? "" });

Note the use of a cast rather than a call to ToString() here - if you believe the execution-time type of a value will be a string reference, a cast is a much clearer indication of that, and it validates that expectation; if you end up with (say) a DateTime value for some reason, the cast will throw an exception rather than propagating bad data through your system.

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