shortHand if else-if and else statement

Question

I have nested if else statements, which I added below in two statements, Instead of having a lot of lines I am looking to shorthand it.

Can anyone help me out.

Answer 1

The short hand version is know as Ternary logic. It is pretty simple but if you have conditions that need a lot of updating, it might get confusing. But here it is:

Statement 1:

var a = -1;
var b = -1;
var c = -1;
var d = -1;

result = ((a && b) !== -1) ? 'hai' :
     ((c && d) !== -1) ? 'hello' : 'hurray';

alert(result);

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Statement 2:

var a = 'abc';
var bb = 'def';

// plug in the remaining variables to test further 

result = (a === 'abc') ? (bb === 'def') ? amd = 'hello' :
         (bb === 'ghi') ? amd = 'hai' : amd = 'Hurray' :
     (a === 'que') ? (aaa === 'ffffd') ? amd = 'Hurray Hi' : amd = 'Hurray Bye' : 
     'default result was missing from your statment';

alert(result);

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That should do it. Although it is 'shorthand', it can be more confusing in the long run.

Answer 2

Statement : 1 can be written as,

abc = (a !== -1 && b!== -1) ? "hai" : (c !== -1 && d!== -1) ? "hello" : "hurray";

So based on this try to write your own code for the statement 2 [Hint : use switch for that]