Ternary operation in CoffeeScript
I need to set value to a that depends on a condition. What is the shortest way to do this with CoffeeScript? E.g. this is how I'd do it in JavaScript: a = true ? 5 : 10 # => a = 5 a = false ? 5 : 10 # => a = 10 Since everything is an expression, and thus results in a value, you can just use if/else . a = if true then 5 else 10 a = if false then 5 else 10 You can see more about expression examples here . a = if true then 5 else 10 a = if false then 5 else 10 See documentation . In almost any language this should work instead: a = true && 5 || 10 a = false && 5 || 10 Coffeescript doesn't support