ternary operator in matlab

Question

is there a way of typing for if like:

var = (cond) ? true : false;

or do we have to use this format?

if (cond)
 true
else
          


        

Answer 1

@Leonid Beschastny is correct about the inlining the if-else-end statement, but If one must, then with any assignment value that can be evaluated as boolean, one can the shortcut boolean operators || and &&:

(cond) && ((var=true_val)||1) || (var=false_val);

Rules:

1. shortcut boolean ops || and && must be used, NOT | or &
2. will work with boolean, numeric and char assignments
3. will NOT work with cell array or function handles
4. the assignments must be wrapped in parenthesis.
5. (var=true_val) must be followed by ||1 in case true_val == false
6. true and false assignments may be to different variables (i.e. (var1=true_val) while (var2=false_val))
7. true_val and false_val can be different types provided each then can be evaluated as boolean

Alternatively one can do this:

cond && (func1(..)||1) || func2(...);

provided func1 and func2 return a boolean testable value including nothing at all (but no cell arrays!):