The ternary operator ? is a way of shortening an if-else clause, and is also called an immediate-if statement in other languages (IIf(condition,true-clause,false-clause) in VB, for example).

Jun 7, 2011 · The conditional (ternary) operator is the only JavaScript operator that takes three operands. This operator is frequently used as a shortcut for the if statement.

The ternary operator can be used in places where the if..else construct can't, for example in return statements, and as function arguments. The same could be achieved without ternary use, but results …

The conditional ternary operator can definitely be overused, and some find it quite unreadable. However, I find that it can be very clean in most situations that a boolean expression is expected, provided that …

The ternary operator can be used to combine two expressions but an empty statement is not an expression. A method invocation can be used as an expression if the method returns a value (read: …

Additionally, the example is poor, you should not use ternary operator to replace a statement (if ..else in this case), the operator returns a value, which should be used.

Mar 16, 2009 · Please demonstrate how the ternary operator works with a regular if/else block. Example: Boolean isValueBig = value > 100 ? true : false; Exact Duplicate: How do I use the ternary operator?

Dec 27, 2008 · The ternary operator is a concise way to write simple conditional expressions in a single line. It can be particularly useful when assigning values or constructing expressions based on …

The ternary operator is a syntactic and readability convenience, not a performance shortcut. People are split on the merits of it for conditionals of varying complexity, but for short conditions, it can be useful …

Jul 6, 2018 · JavaScript currently has only one ternary operator: The conditional operator: condition ? ifTrue : ifFalse. It could have another ternary added at some stage, but for now it has only one.