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minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoOn the left you have Elvis Presley, while on the right there’s the so-called Elvis operator
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agowhy would you call it anything other than the ternary operator
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agobeen programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 hours agoBeen programming since the 80s, ditto.
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours 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-up6·20 hours 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 ? $thing_that_could_be_truthy : 'fallback value'; The condition is also the value if it is truthy
On the left you have Elvis Presley, while on the right there’s the so-called Elvis operator
why would you call it anything other than the ternary operator
been programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
Been programming since the 80s, ditto.
Ternary if?then:else
gotacha. i’ve only ever heard them called ternaries. maybe i’m old. maybe i’m too young. definitely one of the two
It specifically refers to this shorthand
?:that works like this:$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