Sleepzy@feddit.it to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoElvisfeddit.itimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down18
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minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·13 hours agobeen programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoBeen programming since the 80s, ditto.
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 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-up5·5 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 ? $thing_that_could_be_truthy : 'fallback value'; The condition is also the value if it is truthy
been programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
Been programming since the 80s, ditto.
Ternary if?then:else
gotacha. i’ve only ever heard them called ternaries. maybe i’m old. maybe i’m too young. definitely one of the two
It specifically refers to this shorthand
?:that works like this:$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