Sat
May
28
Simulating the Ternary Operator
x = (falseValue, trueValue)[condition]
That’s how people simulated the ternary operator in Python 2.4 and less. It’s interesting because it uses a fairly unique feature of Python — tuples — to make up for its lack of a language construct equivalent to common C-like-languages’ ternary operator (condition ? trueValue : falseValue).
Of course, now you should never write such obtuse code, given the actual Python ternary has existed for a while (trueValue if condition else falseValue).
