Conditional operator: ?

Conditional operator: ?

The question mark is the conditional operator. It is a ternary operator, it has three parts: the condition, the result if true, and the result if false.

The syntax is (Boolean expression)? true value: false value;

The conditional operator is used instead of if/else in very simple situations.

Goals:

• Be able to understand the conditional operator ? and write and evlauate code that uses it.

Objectives:

• Evaluate result of a conditional statement;
• Write a conditional statement.

Please study the material at each of the links below.

1. Print pass or fail
2. Tests if a month is valid
3. Prints two numbers in order
4. Finds the smallest
5. Finds smallest and largest
6. Calculate tip using conditional

Glossary for conditional lesson