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[javaalien]

I have qeustions regarding java syntax please...
Is this syntax is considered/read as the standard 'if' selection?

MutableBigInteger t = !uOdd ? v : u;  

How it's been generated in jvm?
If I want to check either the boolean value is true or false, can it be read as staadard 'if' (e.g: if (a > b) ...)
Thank you

[JosAH]

I have qeustions regarding java syntax please...
Is this syntax is considered/read as the standard 'if' selection?

MutableBigInteger t = !uOdd ? v : u;  

How it's been generated in jvm?
If I want to check either the boolean value is true or false, can it be read as staadard 'if' (e.g: if (a > b) ...)
Thank you

Yep, the ternary operator ?: reads as an if statement. There is a difference though:
that operator takes just expressions while the if statement takes statements.

While I'm at it: not few people like non-double negations ;-) so your example
might be better expressed as:

MutableBigInteger t = uOdd ? u : v;  

If you want to see what the virtual machine code looks like, try the "javap" tool
that comes with the JDK distribution.

kind regards,

Jos

[javaalien]

Yep, the ternary operator ?: reads as an if statement. There is a difference though:
that operator takes just expressions while the if statement takes statements.

While I'm at it: not few people like non-double negations ;-) so your example
might be better expressed as:

MutableBigInteger t = uOdd ? u : v;  

If you want to see what the virtual machine code looks like, try the "javap" tool
that comes with the JDK distribution.

kind regards,

Jos

I have one last question about this ternary operator.
If I wanna check either branch condition is true or false,
and check which path's taken (from the output) do I have to include this syntax too in my assignment?

[JosAH]

I have one last question about this ternary operator.
If I wanna check either branch condition is true or false,
and check which path's taken (from the output) do I have to include this syntax too in my assignment?

I'm sorry; I don't understand that last question. For the expression:

a= b?c:d?e:f;

the possible 'outputs' are c, e or f. If at least two of them are equal you can't
tell which branch was taken looking at just the output. You could build a little
tracer function:

boolean trace(boolean cond, String text) {
   System.out.println(text+": "+cond);
   return cond;
}

... and rewrite the first expression like this:

a= trace(b, "b")?c:trace(d, "d")?e:f;

It will show you on the standard output stream which branches were true during
the evaluation of the expression.

kind regards,

Jos

[javaalien]

I'm sorry; I don't understand that last question. For the expression:

a= b?c:d?e:f;

the possible 'outputs' are c, e or f. If at least two of them are equal you can't
tell which branch was taken looking at just the output. You could build a little
tracer function:

boolean trace(boolean cond, String text) {
   System.out.println(text+": "+cond);
   return cond;
}

... and rewrite the first expression like this:

a= trace(b, "b")?c:trace(d, "d")?e:f;

It will show you on the standard output stream which branches were true during
the evaluation of the expression.

kind regards,

Jos

Let's say I have 2 conditions in my program:

if (a > b) 
 statement 1;
else
  statement 2; 

The answer would be either True or False and it will determine then which statement (path) to exercise.

Then the second is:

a= b?c:d?e:f;

What happen to this ternary operator, does it show you which statement (path) to exercise too?

[JosAH]

Let's say I have 2 conditions in my program:

if (a > b) 
 statement 1;
else
  statement 2; 

The answer would be either True or False and it will determine then which statement (path) to exercise.

Then the second is:

a= b?c:d?e:f;

What happen to this ternary operator, does it show you which statement (path) to exercise too?

It's like an if-then-else statement but the difference is that it only takes expressions
as the operands and it's an expression itself; for the example: the value of
the entire expession depends on the boolean values b and d. If b is true,
the value will be c; otherwise if d is true the value will be e, otherwise f.
a simple a?b:c ternary expression can be written in an 'if then else' manner:

a?
   b
 :
   c

kind regards,

Jos

[javaalien]

It's like an if-then-else statement but the difference is that it only takes expressions
as the operands and it's an expression itself; for the example: the value of
the entire expession depends on the boolean values b and d. If b is true,
the value will be c; otherwise if d is true the value will be e, otherwise f.
a simple a?b:c ternary expression can be written in an 'if then else' manner:

a?
   b
 :
   c

kind regards,

Jos

Thank you very much. Kindly please check below code again:

if(a >b)
 go path 1
else
  go path 2

a?
 go path 1
 : 
  go path 2

Do you agree with me if I say they are the same?