Is the ternary operator faster than an “if” condition in Java [duplicate]

Answer 1

For the example given, I prefer the ternary or condition operator (?) for a specific reason: I can clearly see that assigning a is not optional. With a simple example, it's not too hard to scan the if-else block to see that a is assigned in each clause, but imagine several assignments in each clause:

if (i == 0)
{
    a = 10;
    b = 6;
    c = 3;
}
else
{
    a = 5;
    b = 4;
    d = 1;
}

a = (i == 0) ? 10 : 5;
b = (i == 0) ? 6  : 4;
c = (i == 0) ? 3  : 9;
d = (i == 0) ? 12 : 1;

I prefer the latter so that you know you haven't missed an assignment.