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  • Conditional Operator

    Conditional Operator

    The conditional operator is a ternary operator (an expression that takes three operands). The first operand serves as the condition that will determine which value of the following two operands will be returned.

    condition ? expression1 : expression2

    If the condition is true the first value of expression1 will be returned, else the value of expression2 will be returned.

    console.log(true ? 'Cat' : 'Dog')   // 'Cat'
console.log(false ? 'Cat' : 'Dog')   // 'Dog'

    NOTE

    The conditional operator is often used as a shortcut for the if statement.

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