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Re: How to do if/else on one line?

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From: J. David Boyd
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:21
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In article <3b1ce7b8$1_1@dnews>, alex.colic@pop-ware.com says...
> Hi, I remember that there way a way to have an if-else statement all on one
> line. Something like:
> 
> if(test) true, false;
> 
> Can someone give me the syntax for this?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
You are talking about the ?: operator, used like

<conditional> ? <if true clause> : <if false clause>

so if you had
....
int x = 0;
System.out.println( x == 0 ? "Hello" : "Goodbye");
x = 1;
System.out.println( x == 0 ? "Hello" : "Goodbye");
....

you would see:

Hello 
Goodbye


Dave
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