Similar to the if statement, tests if a condition is true or false.
aka 'conditional operator' or the 'arithmetic if' operator.
Syntax:
condition ? true : false ;
Line 14, assigns the result of the ternary test condition to the uninitialised variable max:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std ;
int main () {
int a, b, max;
cout << "Please enter the 1st number:" << endl ;
cin >> a ;
cout << "Please enter the 2nd number:" << endl ;
cin >> b ;
max = (a > b) ? a : b ;
cout << "The larger number was: " << max << endl ;
return 0;
}
Compile & Run:
| Please enter the 1st number: 5637 Please enter the 2nd number: 12 The larger number was: 5637 |