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minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agobeen programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 hours agoIt’s a shorthand for writing this: variable = if (input != null) input else default This is equivalent: variable = input ?: default The answers confusing it with the ternary operator are wrong.
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoBeen programming since the 80s, ditto.
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agogotacha. i’ve only ever heard them called ternaries. maybe i’m old. maybe i’m too young. definitely one of the two
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoIt specifically refers to this shorthand ?: that works like this: $value = $thing_that_could_be_truthy ?: 'fallback value'; # same as $value = $thing_that_could_be_truthy ? $thing_that_could_be_truthy : 'fallback value'; The condition is also the value if it is truthy
been programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
It’s a shorthand for writing this:
variable = if (input != null) input else defaultThis is equivalent:
variable = input ?: defaultThe answers confusing it with the ternary operator are wrong.
Been programming since the 80s, ditto.
Ternary if?then:else
gotacha. i’ve only ever heard them called ternaries. maybe i’m old. maybe i’m too young. definitely one of the two
It specifically refers to this shorthand
?:that works like this:$value = $thing_that_could_be_truthy ?: 'fallback value'; # same as $value = $thing_that_could_be_truthy ? $thing_that_could_be_truthy : 'fallback value';The condition is also the value if it is truthy