ternary-operator

Is there a way to do a java ternary operation without doing an assignment or way to fake the assingment? I like how succinct ternary code looks when doing a bunch of if/then/elses. I'm hoping to be able to call one of two void functions based on a boolean algebra statement. Something like: (bool1 && bool2) ? voidFunc1() : voidFunc2(); My functions are of return type void , so if there is a way to fake this in an assignment to make it work, then I"m okay with that... I would like to see how to do it though :) Nope you cannot do that. The spec says so . The conditional operator has three operand

I have : #include<stdio.h> int main() { int a=5,b=6; (a>b)?b=a:b=b; // Here is the error return 0; } But if I replace : (a>b)?b=a:b=b; // Error with (a>b)?(b=a):(b=b); // No-Error I understand the lvalue is a value to which something can be assigned and how is it different from rvalue , but why is the extra parenthesis making the difference. Assignment has a lower precedence than the ternary operator so the line evaluates like: ((a>b)?b=a:b)=b; use: b=(a>b)?a:b; Nawaz Actually, in C, this code (a>b)?b=a:b=b; is parsed by many compilers as ((a>b)?b=a:b)=b; which is an error, as the expression (

I was writing a console application that would try to "guess" a number by trial and error, it worked fine and all but it left me wondering about a certain part that I wrote absentmindedly, The code is: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main() { int x,i,a,cc; for(;;){ scanf("%d",&x); a=50; i=100/a; for(cc=0;;cc++) { if(x<a) { printf("%d was too big\n",a); a=a-((100/(i<<=1))?:1); } else if (x>a) { printf("%d was too small\n",a); a=a+((100/(i<<=1))?:1); } else { printf("%d was the right number\n-----------------%d---------------------\n",a,cc); break; } } } return 0; } More specifically

Please demonstrate how the ternary operator works with a regular if/else block. Example: Boolean isValueBig = value > 100 ? true : false; Exact Duplicate: How do I use the ternary operator? Boolean isValueBig = ( value > 100 ) ? true : false; Boolean isValueBig; if( value > 100 ) { isValueBig = true; } else { isValueBig = false; } The difference between the ternary operation and if/else is that the ternary expression is a statement that evaluates to a value, while if/else is not. To use your example, changing from the use of a ternary expression to if/else you could use this statement: Boolean

I have seen it discussed somewhere that the following code results in obj being a Double , but that it prints 200.0 from the left hand side. Object obj = true ? new Integer(200) : new Double(0.0); System.out.println(obj); Result: 200.0 However, if you put a different object in the right hand side, e.g. BigDecimal , the type of obj is Integer as it should be. Object obj = true ? new Integer(200) : new BigDecimal(0.0); System.out.println(obj); Result: 200 I presume that the reason for this is something to do with casting the left hand side to a double in the same way that it happens for integer