Object reference not set to an instance of object when using a List<T> in C# [duplicate]

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I have the following code snippet that produces a compilation error:

public List<string> batchaddresses;

public MapFiles(string [] addresses)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < addresses.Count(); i++)
    {
        batchaddresses.AddRange(Directory.GetFiles(addresses[i], "*.esy"));
    }
}

I get an error when I try to use the List<T>.AddRange() method:

Object re开发者_运维百科ference not set to an instance of an object

What am I doing wrong?

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Where is batchaddresses initialized?

Declaring the variable does not suffice. You must initialize it, like so:

// In your constructor
batchaddresses = new List<string>();

// Directly at declaration:
public List<string> batchaddresses = new List<string>();

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you have to initialize the list

List<String> batchaddresses = new List<String>();

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The batchaddresses field hasn't been initialised. You can initialise it as part of the declaration:

public List<string> batchaddresses = new List<string>();

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From your snippet, it doesn't look as though batchaddresses is initialised. Replace the line with this:

public List<string> batchaddresses = new List<string>();