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The document discusses the ternary conditional operator in Swift. The ternary operator evaluates a condition and executes one of two expressions based on whether the condition is true or false. It provides an alternative to an if-else statement in some cases. An example demonstrates checking if a number passes or fails an exam using a ternary operator. The ternary operator can replace if-else statements that check conditions and assign values. Nested ternary operators are also possible but not recommended due to increased complexity.

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The document discusses the ternary conditional operator in Swift. The ternary operator evaluates a condition and executes one of two expressions based on whether the condition is true or false. It provides an alternative to an if-else statement in some cases. An example demonstrates checking if a number passes or fails an exam using a ternary operator. The ternary operator can replace if-else statements that check conditions and assign values. Nested ternary operators are also possible but not recommended due to increased complexity.

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Swift Ternary Conditional Operator

A ternary operator can be used to replace the if...else statement in certain


scenarios.
Before you learn about the ternary operator, make sure to know about Swift
if...else statement.

Ternary Operator in Swift


A ternary operator evaluates a condition and executes a block of code
based on the condition. Its syntax is

condition ? expression1 : expression2

Here, the ternary operator evaluates condition and


 if condition is true, expression1 is executed.
 if condition is false, expression2 is executed.
The ternary operator takes 3 operands ( condition , expression1 ,

and expression2 ). Hence, the name ternary operator.

Example: Swift Ternary Operator

// program to check pass or fail


let marks = 60

// use of ternary operator


let result = (marks >= 40) ? "pass" : "fail"

print("You " + result + " the exam")

Output

You pass the exam.

In the above example, we have used a ternary operator to check pass or


fail.

let result = (marks >= 40) ? "pass" : "fail"

Here, if marks is greater or equal to 40, pass is assigned to result .

Otherwise, fail is assigned to result .

Ternary operator instead of if...else


The ternary operator can be used to replace certain types
of if...else statements. For example,
You can replace this code

// check the number is positive or negative


let num = 15
var result = ""

if (num > 0) {
result = "Positive Number"
}
else {
result = "Negative Number"
}

print(result)

with
// ternary operator to check the number is positive or negative
let num = 15

let result = (num > 0) ? "Positive Number" : "Negative Number"


print(result)

Output

Positive Number

Here, both programs give the same output. However, the use of the ternary
operator makes our code more readable and clean.

Nested Ternary Operators


We can use one ternary operator inside another ternary operator. This is
called a nested ternary operator in Swift. For example,

// program to check if a number is positive, zero, or negative


let num = 7

let result = (num == 0) ? "Zero" : ((num > 0) ? "Positive" : "Negative")

print("The number is \(result).")

Output
The number is Positive.

In the above example, we the nested ternary operator ((num > 0) ? "Positive"

: "Negative" is executed if the condition num == 0 is false .

Note: It is recommended not to use nested ternary operators as they make


our code more complex.

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