programming a "conditional" function

[an0nym0us]

I'm supposed to write code for a function that does the following conditional statement:

x ? y : z

I found an explanation stating that this means:

If x is true, then execute y, otherwise execute z.

However, the example given is conditional(2,4,5) = 4

I don't see how there is a statement to evaluate to true or false.

I have no clue why the answer is 4, can anyone explain it?

[manav]

They are all pretty excited about simple problems that newbies have

I will give you a hint: to implement your function just put return in front of the conditional statement.

[an0nym0us]

That doesn't help me understand how conditional works...

P.S. I'm not so much a newbie. Most of my experience is with C++ and not C and I have never encountered this conditional function before so I'm looking for a good explanation of what it does...

[Mr_Miguel]

The answer is 4 because, in C, every value different than 0 is "true". In your example, x is, indeed, different than 0, so the answer is 4. If it were zero, the answer would be 5.

[manav]

They are all pretty excited about simple problems that newbies have

Guess what! I am also pretty excited about it

[an0nym0us]

The answer is 4 because, in C, every value different than 0 is "true". In your example, x is, indeed, different than 0, so the answer is 4. If it were zero, the answer would be 5.

Got it. Thank you.

EDIT: Do negative numbers still count as true or does it have to be greater than 0?

[Mr_Miguel]

Yes, negative numbers are also evaluated as "true".

[an0nym0us]

Thank you.