Elegant way to check if multiple strings are empty

Question

How can I check if multiple strings are empty in an elegant way? This is how I currently do it:

//if one required field is empty, close the connection
    if (registerRequest.Email == "") ||
        (registerRequest.PhoneNumber == "")||
        (registerRequest.NachName =="") ||
        (registerRequest.VorName =="") ||
        (registerRequest.Password =="") ||
        (registerRequest.VerificationId ==""){

        //Could not proceed
        w.WriteHeader(UNABLE_TO_PROCEED)
        w.Write([]byte("Unable to register account."))
        return

    }

Answer 1

Note: You may use the solution below if you keep the "is-valid" condition in your handler, and also if you separate your condition into another function or method.

You can create a simple helper function, which has a variadic parameter, and you can call it with any number of string values:

func containsEmpty(ss ...string) bool {
    for _, s := range ss {
        if s == "" {
            return true
        }
    }
    return false
}

Example using it:

if containsEmpty("one", "two", "") {
    fmt.Println("One is empty!")
} else {
    fmt.Println("All is non-empty.")
}

if containsEmpty("one", "two", "three") {
    fmt.Println("One is empty!")
} else {
    fmt.Println("All is non-empty.")
}

Output of the above (try it on the Go Playground):

One is empty!
All is non-empty.

Your example would look like this:

if containsEmpty(registerRequest.Email,
    registerRequest.PhoneNumber,
    registerRequest.NachName,
    registerRequest.VorName,
    registerRequest.Password,
    registerRequest.VerificationId) {

    // One of the listed strings is empty
}

Also registerRequest is a kinda long name, it could be shortened to like r. If you can't or don't want to rename it in the surrounding code and if you want to shorten the condition, you could also do something like this:

If registerRequest is a pointer (or interface), you could also write:

if r := registerRequest; containsEmpty(r.Email,
    r.PhoneNumber,
    r.NachName,
    r.VorName,
    r.Password,
    r.VerificationId) {

    // One of the listed strings is empty
}

Actually you can do this even if registerRequest is not a pointer, but then the struct will be copied. If registerRequest is a struct, then you can take its address to avoid having to copy it like this:

if r := &registerRequest; containsEmpty(r.Email,
    r.PhoneNumber,
    r.NachName,
    r.VorName,
    r.Password,
    r.VerificationId) {

    // One of the listed strings is empty
}