Thread: ? as a arithmatic operator

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    Unhappy ? as a arithmatic operator

    In the line
    temp = temp- (temp >150 ? 100 : 20 );
    what does the '?' stand for? I know it's got to be doing something there. I just don't know what.

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    Its part of the ternary operator. Its goes something like this:

    (testcondition) ? ThisHappensIfTrue : ThisHappensIfFalse ;

    So in your example:

    >>temp = temp- (temp >150 ? 100 : 20 );

    if temp is greater than 150, the calculation is
    >temp - 100
    else its
    >temp - 20
    When all else fails, read the instructions.
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    >>Its part of the tenary operator<<

    otherwise known as the conditional operator.

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