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Name

### ?: (conditional)

Examples

    int s = 0;
    for(int i = 5; i < 100; i += 5) {
      s = (i < 50) ? 0 : 255;
      stroke(s);
      line(30, i, 80, i);
    }

Description

A shortcut for writing an if and else structure. If the condition evaluates to true, expression1 is evaluated and returned. If the condition evaluates to false, expression2 is evaluated and returned.
The following conditional:

    result = condition ? expression1 : expression2

is equivalent to this structure:

    if (condition) {

      result = expression1

    } else {

      result = expression2

    }

Syntax

    condition ? expression1 : expression2

Parameters

condition | any valid expression which evaluates to true or false
expression1 | any valid expression
expression2 | any valid expression

Returns | Variable, dependent on the datatype of the expressions
Usage | Web & Application
Related | if() else

Updated on August 30, 2010 04:29:39pm EDT