C# Ternary Operator

Just like If statements, the C# Ternary operator tests a condition and initializes a variable with the result of the condition. The Ternary Operator Syntax

<condition> ? <expression1> : <otherwise expression 2>;

If the condition is satisfied Ternary operator returns expression 1; otherwise, it returns expression 2. Let us see an example using a C# Conditional operator. An example code using If else statement

using System;
 
 class Ternary_Operators
 {
   static void Main()
   {
     int number = 15;
 
     bool Isnumber15;
 
     if(number == 15)
     {
       Isnumber15 = true;
     }
     else
     {
       Isnumber15 = false;
     }
     
     Console.WriteLine("Number == 15 is {0}", Isnumber15);
   }
 }

OUTPUT

ANALYSIS

Here, number is an integer variable initialized with 15. Isnumber15 is a Boolean variable to store the result.

I was checking whether the number == 15 using the if condition. If the condition returns satisfied, then Isnumber returns true else, Isnumber returns false.

Here, Isnumber = true printed onto the C# console.

C# Ternary Operator Example

It is the same example that we specified in the above. However, this time, we are using the Ternary operator. The ternary returns the result of the statement, and it will not execute the statement.

It returns the value of any data type.

The code uses Conditional operator

using System;
 
 class Ternary_Operators
 {
   static void Main()
   {
     int number = 15;
 
     bool Isnumber15 = number == 15 ? true : false;
      
     Console.WriteLine("Number == 15 is {0}", Isnumber15);
   }
 }

OUTPUT

ANALYSIS

Using the ternary operator reduces the size of the code too much smaller.

In the above code, we have collected the result of a statement into a boolean variable Isnumber 15. And the result will print.

Instead of collecting into a variable, we can even directly print, i.e., in the above code

bool Isnumber15 = number == 15 ? true : false;

Console.WriteLine(“Number == 15 is”, Isnumber15); 

Instead of writing in two lines, we can write as follows:

Console.WriteLine(number == 15 ? true : false);