AutoHotkey Ternary Operator

: Category: AutoHotkey; 27 April 2010; Hits: 14352

Just a quick note for the moment on how to use ternary operators in AutoHotkey. A ternary operator for those who are unfamiliar with this is an "If...Then...Else..." statement written in a small amount of code, usually on one line, and exists in most programming languages.

For Example, the statement:

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If (ThisCondition = true)
    ThisVar:=1
Else
    ThisVar:=2

If (ThisCondition = true)
ThisVar:=1
Else
ThisVar:=2

Converted to Ternary this would look like:

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ThisVar:=(ThisCondition = true) ? 1 : 2

ThisVar:=(ThisCondition = true) ? 1 : 2

I'll add as there are a whole bunch of methods using the Ternary Operator in AutoHotkey (discussed on http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic29752.html) which I'll put in soon. I just needed something on my site now as I find myself looking for this bit of info every now and again.

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