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minus-squarebl4kers@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoI don’t understand this. Small brained users rise up
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoOn the left you have Elvis Presley, while on the right there’s the so-called Elvis operator
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agobeen programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoBeen programming since the 80s, ditto.
minus-squareThe Cuuuuube@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months 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-up7·7 months 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 ? $thing_that_could_be_truthy : 'fallback value'; The condition is also the value if it is truthy
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agowhy would you call it anything other than the ternary operator
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoRead further down on my other comment to understand, it’s just how the operator looks
I don’t understand this. Small brained users rise up
On the left you have Elvis Presley, while on the right there’s the so-called Elvis operator
been programming since 2008. the fuck is an elvis operator?
Been programming since the 80s, ditto.
Ternary if?then:else
gotacha. i’ve only ever heard them called ternaries. maybe i’m old. maybe i’m too young. definitely one of the two
It specifically refers to this shorthand
?:that works like this:$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