Elvisfeddit.itimage Sleepzy ( @Sleepzy@feddit.it ) Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 1 month ago message-square16fedilinkarrow-up189
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minus-square The Cuuuuube ( @Cube6392@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish16•1 month agobeen programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
minus-square Jerkface (any/all) ( @jerkface@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 month agoBeen programming since the 80s, ditto.
minus-square luciferofastora ( @luciferofastora@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilink4•1 month agoTernary if?then:else
minus-square The Cuuuuube ( @Cube6392@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agogotacha. i’ve only ever heard them called ternaries. maybe i’m old. maybe i’m too young. definitely one of the two
minus-square QuazarOmega ( @QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ) linkfedilink8•1 month agoIt specifically refers to this shorthand ?: that works like this: $value = $thing_that_could_be_truthy ?: 'fallback value'; # same as $value = $thing_that_could_be_truthy ? $thing_that_could_be_truthy : 'fallback value'; The condition is also the value if it is truthy
minus-square dev_null ( @dev_null@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink3•edit-229 days agoIt’s a shorthand for writing this: variable = if (input != null) input else default This is equivalent: variable = input ?: default The answers confusing it with the ternary operator are wrong.
been programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
Been programming since the 80s, ditto.
Ternary if?then:else
gotacha. i’ve only ever heard them called ternaries. maybe i’m old. maybe i’m too young. definitely one of the two
It specifically refers to this shorthand
?:
that works like this:The condition is also the value if it is truthy
It’s a shorthand for writing this:
This is equivalent:
The answers confusing it with the ternary operator are wrong.