Ternary operators in C#

Question

With the ternary operator, it is possible to do something like the following (assuming Func1() and Func2() return an int:

int x = (x == y) ? Func1() : Func2(         


        

Answer 1

If you feel confident, you'd create a static method whose only purpose is to absorb the expression and "make it" a statement.

public static class Extension
{
    public static void Do(this Object x) { }
}

In this way you could call the ternary operator and invoke the extension method on it.

((x == y) ? Func1() : Func2()).Do(); 

Or, in an almost equivalent way, writing a static method (if the class when you want to use this "shortcut" is limited).

private static void Do(object item){ }

... and calling it in this way

Do((x == y) ? Func1() : Func2());

However I strongly reccomend to not use this "shortcut" for same reasons already made explicit by the authors before me.