conditional operator

ternary operator "x ? y : z" in many programming languages, whose value is y if x evaluates to true and z otherwise
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conditional operator

Summary

conditional operator ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • conditional operator's subclass of is recorded as ternary operator[2].
  • conditional operator's subclass of is recorded as program operator[3].
  • conditional operator's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0317j7[4].
  • conditional operator's described at URL is recorded as https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Conditional_operator[5].
  • conditional operator's described at URL is recorded as https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/ternary-operator-in-programming/[6].
  • conditional operator's described at URL is recorded as https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/conditional-operator[7].
  • conditional operator's described at URL is recorded as https://www.w3schools.com/java/java_conditions_shorthand.asp[8].
  • conditional operator's described at URL is recorded as https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/javascript-ternary-operator-explained/[9].
  • conditional operator's described at URL is recorded as https://www.programiz.com/javascript/ternary-operator[10].
  • conditional operator's different from is recorded as ternary operator[11].
  • conditional operator's different from is recorded as Elvis operator[12].

Why It Matters

conditional operator ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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