Thread: Conditional operator ? :)

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    ER
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    Unhappy Conditional operator ? :)

    Why doesn't the following line of code compile?

    number % primes[j] == 0 ? return 0 : , ;

    If the number % the prime is 0, I want to return 0 to main, else I want it to continue with the function. Here's the error it gives me:

    C:\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\FunLoops\main.cpp(32) : error C2059: syntax error : 'return'

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    Skunkmeister Stoned_Coder's Avatar
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    to do that you would have to do something like this....

    bool x= (number % primes[j] == 0 ) ? 1:0;
    if(x) return 0;
    // code here for what to do if not returning yet
    Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
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    ER
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    So I can't use the conditional operator?

    The reason I'm trying to use it is for efficiency; I'm in a contest to generate prime numbers

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    Skunkmeister Stoned_Coder's Avatar
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    well how about ....
    Code:
    bool IsPrime(int num)
    if(num==0||num==1) return true;
    int divisor;
    for(divisor=num/2;num%divisor!=0;divisor--);
    return (divisor==1);
    Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
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    Thats not the :conditional: operator

    What your refering to is the tertiary operator (compact if statement)

    if (a < b)
    {
    return true;
    }
    else
    return false;

    is the equivelent of
    return (a < b) ? true : false;

    who ever gave you the idea of it being the "conditional operator?"

    as to why it doesnt compile...
    thats simple, your syntax is wrong.

    (i assume this is what you want)
    return (number % primes[j] == 0) ? 0 : 1;

    oh, and in terms of efficiency, both take just as many clock cycles to compute, its just less typing to use the tertiary operator, and programmers always like having to type less :-)


    -Vulcan

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