Ternary operation in CoffeeScript

Question

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 Java

Answer 1

You may also write it in two statements if it mostly is true use:

a = 5
a = 10 if false

Or use a switch statement if you need more possibilities:

a = switch x
  when true then 5
  when false then 10

With a boolean it may be oversized but i find it very readable.