ternary-operator

I dont understand how that output (" four ") comes? $a = 2; echo $a == 1 ? 'one' : $a == 2 ? 'two' : $a == 3 ? 'three' : $a == 5 ? 'four' : 'other' ; // prints 'four' I don't understand why " four " gets printed. You need to bracket the ternary conditionals: <?php for ($a=0; $a < 7; $a++) { echo ( $a == 1 ? 'one' : ($a == 2 ? 'two' : ($a == 3 ? 'three' : ($a == 5 ? 'four' : 'other')))); echo "\n"; // prints 'four' } exit; ?> returns: other one two three other four other as you'd expect. See the note at the bottom of "Ternary operators" at PHP Ternary operator help . The expressions are being

In the PHP manual, I find the following 'user contributed note' under "Operators". Note that in php the ternary operator ?: has a left associativity unlike in C and C++ where it has right associativity. You cannot write code like this (as you may have accustomed to in C/C++): <?php $a = 2; echo ( $a == 1 ? 'one' : $a == 2 ? 'two' : $a == 3 ? 'three' : $a == 4 ? 'four' : 'other'); echo "\n"; // prints 'four' I actually try it and it really prints four . However I could not understand the reason behind it and still feel it should print two or other . Can someone please explain what is happening

What is the equivalent of this expression in Kotlin? a ? b : c This is not valid code in Kotlin. In Kotlin, if statements are expressions. So the following code is equivalent: if (a) b else c The distinction between expression and statement is important here. In Java/C#/JavaScript, if forms a statement, meaning that it does not resolve to a value. More concretely, you can't assign it to a variable. // Valid Kotlin, but invalid Java/C#/JavaScript var v = if (a) b else c If you're coming from a language where if is a statement, this might seem unnatural but that feeling should soon subside.

How can I use an inline if statement in JavaScript? Is there an inline else statement too? Something like this: var a = 2; var b = 3; if(a < b) { // do something } MattW You don't necessarily need jQuery. JavaScript alone will do this. var a = 2; var b = 3; var c = ((a < b) ? 'minor' : 'major'); The c variable will be minor if the value is true , and major if the value is false . This is known as a Conditional (ternary) Operator. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Conditional_Operator There is a ternary operator, like this: var c = (a < b) ? "a is less than