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:
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#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 |