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Kyaw Tun Sein
Kyaw Tun Sein
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Posted by Kyaw Tun Sein
Kyaw Tun Sein
2,291 Points

At 8:33, the tutor doesn't explain why run time error if Documents is not instantiated to a new List<Document>. So, why?

Thanks for the comment Steven. Here is the video link: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/text-analytics-api-part-1

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points

You gave the time index, but you forgot to include a link to the video itself.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points

Without initialization, you'd be trying to access the .Add() method of null.

This would of course produce an error. Unless established in the constructor, the properties of a newly created object (such as sentimentRequest here) are all null.

So to be able to use the .Add() method, the Document must first be initialized to an empty list.