# IsNullOrWhitespace (StringValue)
| **Name** | ***IsNullOrWhitespace (String)*** |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax | IsNullOrWhitespace (String val) |
| Purpose | To determine whether a string is null, if its length is zero, or if it contains only white space characters. |
| Description |
Returns true if the specified string contains null value, if string length is zero, or if a string contains only white space characters.
Note: White space characters are space, tab, return, and linefeed.
|
| Return Type | Boolean |
| Parameters | val \[System.String] – Expression that will be evaluated |
**Example**
In this example, we will pass a whitespace value to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object.
 
In the output, you can see that the Boolean value, True, has been returned as the passed value consisted of whitespaces. If the same variable was passed through the *IsNullOrEmpty* function, The output would be false.
