What is “?:” notation in JavaScript?

Question

I found this snippet of code in my travels in researching JSON:

var array = typeof objArray != \'object\' ? JSON.parse(objArray) : objArray;

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Answer 1

That’s called the conditional operator:

condition ? expr1 : expr2

If condition is true, the operator returns the value of expr1; otherwise, it returns the value of expr2.