Posted by David Haynes on 12/28/05 14:31

iuz wrote:
> Kimmo Laine wrote:
>
>> "Moneypenny" <geld2008@planet.nl> wrote in message
>> news:43b26e2f$0$10079$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl...
>>> Hy,
> [..]
>> $test==1 ? $do = true : $do = false;
>> $test==1 ? $who = 'me' : 0 ;
>>
>> (in this particular case it could be expressed as:
>> ($do = $test==1) ? $who = 'me' : '';
>> in order to make it really short)
>>
>> You _could_ do it the way you intended to do it, but that would be bad
>> coding practise, so I'm not gonna say how.
>>
>
> but this way the third part of the ternary operator is not required so..
> $do = $test == 1 && $who = 'me';
> IMHO is the shortest way to make it..
>
Leaving issues such as maintainability and clarity aside...

$do = $test && $who = 'me';

Since $do = $test will be resolved as boolean by the && operator.

-david-

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