Re^2: in search of a more elegant if then else

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If it "fits," and is easy to read, use the ternary. Otherwise, use the if-then. Think in terms of which one will be easier to understand when someone else - ie. your boss - will be looking over your shoulder while you try to figure out a bug in something you wrote $x months or years ago.

Be kind to yourself.

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Re^3: in search of a more elegant if then else by zebedee (Pilgrim) on Feb 19, 2010 at 09:07 UTC
I go for the Friday 4 p.m. test. It's broken, it's 4 p.m. on Friday, you've had a LOOONGGG week, and you want to think about going home. Which one is going to be easier to read and fix?	[reply]

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