In this chapter you will learn:

1. What is conditional or ternary operator in java
2. Programming example 

   

What is conditional or ternary operator in java?

Symbol of Ternary operator is (?:) and it is also known as ternary operator. This operator works on 3 operands and simply minify your code by removing if else clause.

Syntax of ternary operator:

variable x = (expression) ? value if true : value if false

class TernaryOperator
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    int num1, num2, num3;
    num1 = 5;
    num2 = 10;
    
    //Output will be 10
    num3=(num1 == num2) ? num1 : num2;
    System.out.println(num3);
    
    //Output will be Hello
    String s;
    s=(num1 != num2) ? "Hello" : "Hi";
    System.out.println(s);
  }
}

Output

Summary