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    Basic Evaluation Question

    Hi, so my friend gave me this C++ brain teaser, and it's one of those really jumbled up evaluation ones. It says 0 ? 0 : 1 in it.. Which leads me to ask, what does 0 evaluate too if it's not an actual question like 0<3 or something... Does any single integer evaluate to True because it has nothing to compare it to, so it basically just says if (there is a integer) then do this. Does it evaluate to false because it's a zero and 0 = false? Ok cheers.. Pretty confused lol.
    Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.

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    Any x in a boolean context is essentially treated as
    if ( x != 0 )

    The 0 being prompted to 0.0 or NULL as appropriate.
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    Sorry, but I have no idea what you just said ahah.
    Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.

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    Zero is false and anything non-zero is true.
    I might be wrong.

    Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.
    Quoted more than 1000 times (I hope).

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    it's equal as

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    false? 0 : 1

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    Ok cheers
    Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.

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