Conditional Operator - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

?: conditional operator

expression1 ? expression2 : expression3
Instructs Flash to evaluate
the value of
expression2
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 1.0
Operands
expression1 : Object
usually a comparison expression, such as
expression2 : Object
expression3 : Object
Returns
- The value of
Object
Example
The following statement assigns the value of variable
evaluates to :
true
var x:Number = 5;
var y:Number = 10;
var z = (x < 6) ? x: y;
trace (z); // returns 5
The following example shows a conditional statement written in shorthand:
var timecode:String = (new Date().getHours() < 11) ? "AM" : "PM";
trace(timecode);
The same conditional statement could also be written in longhand, as shown in the following
example:
if (new Date().getHours() < 11) {
var timecode:String = "AM";
} else {
var timecode:String = "PM";
} trace(timecode);
, and if the value of
expression1
; otherwise it returns the value of
- An expression that evaluates to a Boolean value;
expression1
x < 5
- Values of any type.
- Values of any type.
or
expression2 expression3
expression1
expression3
.
.
to variable
x z
is , it returns
true
.
because
expression1
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