From: Carlo Teubner <C.Teubner@...>
Date: 2002-06-10T21:59:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Ternary Operator

> Is there some sort of ternary operator in Ruby like the one in C++?

Yup. You don't need it though, because in Ruby, the if statement returns a value, eg:

  greaterThanFive = if x > 5 then "yes" else "no" end

The ternary operator is mainly good for obfuscation, eg:

  class Fixnum; def _?;??end end
  puts ??._?? ??:?:

*g,d&r*


-Carlo