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conditional operator expression
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conditional operator expression	has example //Print the value of change and "minute" or minutes" depending if change equals 1 or not System.out.println((change == 1) ? "minute" : "minutes")
	has syntax (boolean expression) ? if-true expression : if-false expression
	is a subtopic of Statements and Expressions
	is a kind of expression
	produces a value which is the value of the selected expression
expression	can be part of an expression
	has type that is the type of its result
	has value called its result, or its return value
	has purpose to compute values or to assign to a variable or to control the flow of execution
	occurs in a context where a value is required
	performs a computation specified by 0 or more operators
	returns a value from its computation
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional