C++ Conditional Operator

Conditional Operator [?:] : Ternary Operator in C++

  1. Conditional operators are also called as Ternary Operator.
  2. They are represented by ?:
  3. Ternary Operator takes on 3 Arguments.

Syntax of Ternary Operator:

Expression_1 ? Expression_2 : Expression_3

where

  • Expression_1 is Condition
  • Expression_2 is statement followed if Condition is True
  • Expression_3 is statement followed if Condition is False

    • Explanation of syntax:

    1. Expression_1 is a condition so it will return the result either True or False.
    2. If result of expression_1 is True that is NON-ZERO, then Expression_2 is Executed.
    3. If result of expression_1 is False that is ZERO, then Expression_3 is Executed.

    Program 1#: Conditional Operator Program

    Let us take the simple example of finding greater number from two given numbers using Conditional Operator.

    #include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
   int num1=10;
   int num2=20;
   num1>num2 ? cout << "num1 is greater than num2" : cout<< "num2 is greater than num1" ;
   return 0;
}

    Output:

    num2 is greater than num1