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The ternary operator is a replacement for the if statement. In some languages (e.g. C, awk), its syntax is as follows:
return(condition ? expression1 : expression2)
The ternary operator returns the value of whichever action it takes. In this way, it differs from the if statement, which does not (in most languages) return a value.
The example above is similar to:
if condition
return(expression1)
else
return(expression2)
Examples[]
Curly bracket programming languages[]
variable = condition ? if_true : if_false;
Perl 6[]
The Perl6 ternary operator been changed to condition ?? true !! false . This is meant to be easier to remember, since ? is directly associated with true booleans, and ! is directly associated with false booleans since it is the not operator. Furthermore, this opens up the colon to all sorts of new uses.
variable = condition ?? true !! false;
Ruby[]
In ruby the syntax is similar to Perl or C and is as follows:
return condition ? true : false
You can also use them in views like any other operator:
The answer is: <%= condition ? "true" : "false" %>.