using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text.Json;

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using System;

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public record Animal(string Name);

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var animals = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<Animal>>("[]");

        Console.WriteLine(animals.Count);

        if (animals = null) {

            Console.WriteLine("Me null");

        }

    }

}