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minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoOn the left you have Elvis Presley, while on the right there’s the so-called Elvis operator
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 days agobeen programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoBeen programming since the 80s, ditto.
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 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-up7·4 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 ? $thing_that_could_be_truthy : 'fallback value'; The condition is also the value if it is truthy
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agowhy would you call it anything other than the ternary operator
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoRead further down on my other comment to understand, it’s just how the operator looks
On the left you have Elvis Presley, while on the right there’s the so-called Elvis operator
been programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
Been programming since the 80s, ditto.
Ternary if?then:else
gotacha. i’ve only ever heard them called ternaries. maybe i’m old. maybe i’m too young. definitely one of the two
It specifically refers to this shorthand
?:that works like this:$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
why would you call it anything other than the ternary operator
Read further down on my other comment to understand, it’s just how the operator looks