Ternary operator associativity in C# - can I rely on it?

Question

Ahh, don\'t you just love a good ternary abuse? :) Consider the following expression:

true ? true : true ? false : false

For those of you w

Answer 1

x = cond1 ? result1
  : cond2 ? result2
  : cond3 ? result3
  : defaultResult;

vs

if (cond1) x = result1;
else if (cond2) x = result2;
else if (cond3) x = result3;
else x = defaultResult;

I like the first one.

Yes, you can rely on conditional operator associativity. Its in the manual, at the link kindly provided by dcp, stated as "The conditional operator is right-associative", with an example. And, as you suggested and I and others agreed, the fact that you can rely on it allows clearer code.