# README
Nil Pointers
Pointers can be very dangerous.
If a pointer points to nothing (the zero value of the pointer type) then dereferencing it will cause a runtime error (a panic) that crashes the program. Generally speaking, whenever you're dealing with pointers you should check if it's nil
before trying to dereference it.
Assignment
Let's make our profanity checker safe. Update the removeProfanity
function. If message
is nil
, return
early to avoid a panic. After all, there are no bad words to remove.