Ternary Operator Fan Club

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The image is a SpongeBob crowd-reaction meme with SpongeBob yelling excitedly while other characters look startled or uncomfortable. The top text reads `I FUCKING LOVE THE TERNARY OPERATOR`, and the bottom text reads `I LOVE MAKING IF STATEMENTS IN ONE LINE`, with an `imgflip.com` watermark in the lower-left corner. The developer joke is about the ternary operator turning simple conditional logic into compact one-liners that some programmers love and others find unreadable. It reflects a real code review tension: brevity can be expressive, but nested or overused ternaries quickly become syntax golf disguised as clarity.

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick A ternary is elegant until the third `?` turns your business rule into a CAPTCHA for maintainers.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

A ternary is elegant until the third `?` turns your business rule into a CAPTCHA for maintainers.
@RiedleroD 3y

let x = ((y * 2)**(1/2))<4 ? 2+y/2 : 2-y/2 no comment needed, code is self-explanatory
1. @Box_of_the_Fox 3y
  
  I like how in kotlin everything returns value, so you can do this with if-else
2. @SamsonovAnton 3y
  
  let x = ((y * 2) ** (1/2)) < 4 ? 2 + y / 2 : 2 - y / 2 would be more readable and still better than explicit if-else, IMHO, especially when clauses grow in size and complexity.
  
  @RiedleroD 3y
  
  true
3. @Vedqiibyol 3y
  
  2 + y / sqrt(y * 2) < 4 ? 2 : -2;
4. @Vit_log 3y
  
  let x = if (y * 2).sqrt() < 4 { 2 + y/2 } else { 2 - y/2 } Looks not so bad, really (Rust lang)
  
  Deleted Account 3y
  
  +1
5. @callofvoid0 3y
  
  what is y ?
@q_rsqrt 3y

LITERALLY ME
@q_rsqrt 3y

IF THE CODE IS COMPACT, IT IS GOOD
@deerspangle 3y

Python's one is kinda sad though :( It used to feel cool, but now it's just so bloated
@deerspangle 3y

Same with list comprehensions.. Map/filter/reduce really puts python list comprehensions to shame
@Vedqiibyol 3y

Yeaaaah! Makes even less sense now!
@Box_of_the_Fox 3y

I need to finally learn Rust, it sounds really interesting
@CcxCZ 3y

This is nothing, try functional point-free style.
@Saeid025 3y

Sadly there is no such thing in rust... We can just use one liner if and else... The worse thing is we still need to use brackets 😐 if bool { one } else { two }
1. @bbnodollarsign 3y
  
  Sadly there's rust
@Saeid025 3y

Although I think we going to get it without the brackets in later versions... (Already in nightly)
@im_ali_pj 3y

golang var x int if ((y*2)**(1/2))<4 { x = 2+y/2 } else { x = 2-y/2 } 😑😂😂😂
@DenDrobiazko 3y

I hate Kotlin for not supporting this from Java 😢
@dugeru42 3y

return option1 or option2

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