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What are ternary Operators ?
Ternary operators are used by programmers to simply multi-line if else statement and condensed into single line.
result = binaryCondition ? valueReturnedIfTrue : valueReturnedIfFalse;


How to use a Ternary Operator?
result = binaryCondition ? valueReturnedIfTrue : valueReturnedIfFalse;
Example -
max = a > b ? a : b;
- The condition part- which defines the condition which we are choosing upon
- The first statement – decides what will happen, if the condition is true.
- The second statement part – decides what will happen, if the condition is false.
Example 1
#include<stdio.h> int main() { int a = 10, b = 20; int max = a > b ? a : b ; printf("The larger number is %d", max); return 0; }
Output
The larger number is 20
More
Ternary operator can be taken as a substitute for other decision-making statements, like if, if-else, etc. as it helps in raising a condition and deciding the output, based on the condition, it is also favourable, because:
- uses less space than the if-else statement.
- decreases the complexity of the program
- Easy to understand
Example 2
The above can also be simplified as –
#include<stdio.h> int main() { int a = 10, b = 20; a > b ? printf("%d is greater",a) : printf("%d is greater",b); return 0; }
Output
20 is greater
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