From: Jason Persampieri <jason@...>
Date: 2002-12-02T16:59:52+09:00
Subject: Re: [FAQ] [Revised] What do some of Ruby's symbols mean?

(exist? filename) ? open(filename) :
open(default_filename)

--- Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Weirich" <jweirich@one.net>
> 
> 
> > On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 10:01, Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> > > Thanks for the instant feedback.  And apologies
> for the offensive
> late-night
> > > manager humour.  If only I'd limited it to my
> workplace... . [...]
> > >
> > > ?:
> > >    Ternary decision operator, as in C.  For
> example:
> > >      return (level == DEBUG) ? "" :
> detailed_info
> >
> > This still seems confusing, as I would expect
> detailed information to be
> > returned in debug mode.
> >
> 
> Whoops, my mistake.  It's a stupid example anyway. 
> Can anyone think of a
> simple real-life example of using the ternary
> operator!?
> 
> Gavin
> 
>