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<title>Conditional Expressions</title>
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<h1>Conditional Expressions.</h1>
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We have a short-hand construct for some <b>if ... else ...</b> constructs.<p>
Consider the following two examples.
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if ( x == 1 )
y = 10;
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y = (x == 1) ? 10 : 20;
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These examples both perform the same function. If x is 1 then y becomes 10
else y becomes 20. The example on the right evaluates the first expression
'(x ==1 )' and if <b>true</b> evaluates the second '10'. If <b>false</b> the
third is evaluated. Here is another example.
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if ( x == 1 )
puts("take car");
else
puts("take bike");
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(x == 1) ? puts("take car") : puts("take bike");
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puts( (x == 1) ? "take car" : "take bike");
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It has been said that the compiler can create more efficent code from
a <b>conditional expression</b> possibly at the expence of readable code.
Unless you are writing time critical code (and lets face it, thats unlikely)
the more efficent code is not much of a reason to use this construct.
I feel that it has its uses, but should not be lost into some complex
statement,
but, since when did C programmers worry if anyone else could read their
code ;-)
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<h2>See also:</h2>
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<li><a href="if.html">if</a> keyword.
<li><a href="switch.html">switch</a> keyword.
<li><a href="idioms.html#printf">A use within printf.</a>.
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<address>Martin Leslie
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