ternary-operator

is there a way of typing for if like: var = (cond) ? true : false; or do we have to use this format? if (cond) true else false end MatLab doesn't have a ternary operator, or any other syntactic sugar for one-line if-statements. But if your if-statement is really simple, you could just write it in one line anyway: if (cond); casetrue(); else; casefalse(); end It's not as simple as ternary operator, but still better than writing it in 5 lines of code. If you only need true or false, you can do what MatlabSorter suggests. In case you want a real tertiary operator (i.e. a = b ? c : d ), there is

So far from I have been searching through the net, the statement always have if and else condition such as a ? b : c . I would like to know whether the if ternary statement can be used without else . Assuming i have the following code, i wish to close the PreparedStatement if it is not null (I am using Java programming language.) PreparedStatement pstmt; //.... (pstmt!=null) ? pstmt.close : <do nothing>; frankie liuzzi No, you cannot do that. Instead try this: if(bool1 && bool2) voidFunc1(); Just write it out? if(pstmt != null) pstmt.close(); It's the exact same length. Why using ternary

I need a bit of syntax help with a ternary operator which will help me to put the correct marker icons on to my good map.I have three areas 0,1 and 2 which have unique icons 0, 1 and 2. I used to have just two areas so this ternary operator worked fine; icon: (area == 1) ? icon1: icon0, Now I need to add an additional third icon (icon2) for area2. I've tried various methods but just can't seem to get it right. The syntax would be: icon: (area == 1) ? icon1 : (area == 2) ? icon2 : icon0, But this is starting to get complicated. You may well be better off just creating a function to do this work

I know there is a way for writing a Java if statement in short form. if (city.getName() != null) { name = city.getName(); } else { name="N/A"; } Does anyone know how to write the short form for the above 5 lines into one line? Use the ternary operator: name = ((city.getName() == null) ? "N/A" : city.getName()); I think you have the conditions backwards - if it's null, you want the value to be "N/A". What if city is null? Your code *hits the bed in that case. I'd add another check: name = ((city == null) || (city.getName() == null) ? "N/A" : city.getName()); To avoid calling .getName() twice I