tertiary operator Comparison Table

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tertiary operator comparison table

Subject evaluate before shorten evaluate to have syntax be part of have purpose have have syntax rule is a subtopic of is a synonym of return is an instance of

?: another operator with lower precedence code but can also make code harder to understand its result
expression ? op1 : op2
an expression to evaluate the expression on the left and return one value if the expression is true and a different value if the expression if false right to left associativity
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
Operators conditional operator the value of the selected expression tertiary operator

Subject	evaluate before	shorten	evaluate to	have syntax	be part of	have purpose	have	have syntax rule	is a subtopic of	is a synonym of	return	is an instance of
?:	another operator with lower precedence	code but can also make code harder to understand	its result	expression ? op1 : op2	an expression	to evaluate the expression on the left and return one value if the expression is true and a different value if the expression if false	right to left associativity	bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional	Operators	conditional operator	the value of the selected expression	tertiary operator

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