Normally referring to the conditional operator, represented by the characters ? and :, that form a basic conditional expression in several programming languages, also known as inline if. It is used as follows: (condition) ? (value if true) : (value if false).
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Python - Strip whitespace from strings in list that contains elements of various types
Let's say I have a list that contains strings and integers. The strings can contain leading and trailing whitespace that I'd like to remove. I can't just strip() all elements because some are ...
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An abundance of ternary operators
I'd like to find a way to do what this method does in a cleaner, less hacky looking way
def self.create_from_person!(person)
spi = new(:person => person, :provider => person.provider)
...
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Shorthand if conditional in php
(!empty($student->former_name) ? print $student->former_name : '');
I only want to print out the former name if it is not empty, nothing else.
I imagine I do not need the else part of it, but ...
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Is using the ternary operator like this considered less readable?
I often like to do things like this:
return (aCondition == aThing)
? someLongExpression.getAThing()
: somethingElse;
Is this practice considered more or less readable than using a ...
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Ternary Operator, check if Datetime is MinValue and set value to it. There is a elegant way to do it?
There is a better or more elegant way to do this ?
ctroRegistro.DataHoraCriacao is Datetime.
ctroRegistro.DataHoraCriacao =
ctroRegistro.DataHoraCriacao == DateTime.MinValue
? ...
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Is it bad to use a ternary inside of an if condition?
Let's suppose I have some sort of form that automatically performs a copy procedure when the user either focuses on a textbox, or highlights some text.
Let's suppose that the user has a preference of ...
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Ternary operation in Java - Isn't this abuse?
I think that below code makes it difficult to understand and also I feel it's abuse of ternary operator in Java.
Code snippet:
String name = ...
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Ternary operator and comments
I have a class that spawns threads to process data. I am working on instrumentation code. When the process is started, time = System.currentTimeMillis(); When it completes, time = ...
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Cleaner usage of the ternary “?” operator
I've recently been doing some mods to some old code I've been maintaining for a couple of years now.
As part of a wider set of scripts using YAHOO YUI 2.2 (yes, that old) for dialog-style panels, I ...
