if/else shorthand

[stormbind]

Hi,

When I put if (blurb) : a ? b ; to my java compiler it whined, so I went back to using if/else, and it bugs me that I could not write what I wanted.

Was my syntax flawed?

Also, please post your shorthand tips for Java: maybe this thread can become a valuable reference

--Glen

Memoria mihi benigna erit qui eam perscribam

 

[stefanwagner]

(blurb) : a ? b ;

without 'if'.

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[stormbind]

Doh! :wallbash:

Thank you,

--Glen

Memoria mihi benigna erit qui eam perscribam

 

[sedj]

BTW, its called a tertiary statement

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[timw]

... or a 'ternary conditional'.

Tim
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[sedj]

isn't that a bird ?

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[chrissie1]

Or superman.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

I just like this --> [Wiggle] [Wiggle]

 

[DaWickedRebel]

I hate to nit-pick, but I believe

(blurb) : a ? b;

should be

(blurb) ? a : b;

The ? and : were out of place.

 

[sedj]

lol, nice spot fella !

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[tom62]

Talking about nit-picking, you can skip the "(" and ")"

blurb ? a : b;

does the trick as well.

 

[stefanwagner]

This small piece of code was just to small to get tested before posting.
I'll have to rework my quality-management-processes.

There is no excuse for the braces of course.
Hm. I'm so ashamed.
I should switch to javascript...

Ha - stop - I found an excuse!

I have been 5 minutes in the kitchen, cooking some coffee, and when I came back, my cat (Idaia) just hit the enter-button.
Normally she is just allowed to partizipate in the 'general unix diskussion'.

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[Diancecht]

You have no excuse.

You MUST lock your computer while not working on it.

We hope this won't happen again.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[sedj]

Condemn yourselves to the script monkey forum !!!

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