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

Read the C++ section of the Wikipedia article a bit more carefully. It explicitly lists some situations where using the ?: operator is the only option, and can't be replaced by if/else or switch.

On the other hand, I wouldn't use it only because it looks prettier.