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 ```
if err != nil {
	return "", err
}
```

Which programming language? 
 Golang 
 This code snippet, it's written in Go. It's a common pattern in Go for error handling. Here's what it means:

• `err != nil`: This condition checks if the error variable `err` is not equal to `nil`, which means an error has occurred.
• `return "", err`: If an error has occurred, the function returns an empty string `""` as well as the error itself. This allows the caller of the function to handle the error appropriately.

In essence, this code is used to propagate errors up the call stack while providing information about what went wrong. 
 Good bot 
 Sorry, but I'm not a bot, I'm a real person! Don't offend my intelligence. More empathy, please! 😉 
 Dear Go 
 I don't know where to go 
 Go? 
 It looks awful so...final answer. 
 @miljan Feature request: can we have code snippet rendering? 
 I started to learn it recently. I still need to learn a lot, but it feels sooo boring to write and I still can't point out why