safe navigation operator

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|programming}} A [[binary]] [[operator]] that [[return]]s its second [[argument]], unless the first argument is [[null]], in which case it returns null; used to simplify code that would otherwise need multiple explicit checks for nullity.

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