Are multiple conditional operators in this situation a good idea?

Question

I just saw this block of code on the Wikipedia article on conditional operators:

Vehicle new_vehicle = arg == \'B\' ? bus      :
                      arg ==         


        

Answer 1

Vehicle new_vehicle = getVehicleByType(arg);

Vehicle getVehicleByType(char arg){
  if (arg == 'B') return bus;
  if (arg == 'A') return airplane;
  if (arg == 'C') return car;
  if (arg == 'T') return train;
  if (arg == 'H') return horse;
  return feet;
}

I like this better. The nested conditional is clever, but I think this is almost as concise and less likely to confuse a future reader. Sorry if the syntax is off, I'm not doing much C nowadays.

EDIT: Fixed return type omission noted in comments. thx!

EDIT: I'm not horrified at your version by the way. I did not exclaim WTF or OMG when i saw it. I just prefer mine a little more :)