Chief Delphi - View Single Post - Do you use ternary operators in your code?

deltacoder1020 · #11 06-04-2004, 20:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJG13

I try to do whatever is most readable but instead of

Code:

if (y > 5)
  x = 1;
else
  x = 0;

I would use

Code:

x = (y > 5);

yes, just remember that not all compilers treat logical TRUE as 1. it's fine to use it as long as you know it works. more robust, however, is the ternary:

Code:

x = y > 5 ? 1 : 0;