compound statement from C "<test>?<true-val>:<false-val>"

[BJörn Lindqvist]

On 11 Feb 2007 16:57:07 -0800, Carl Banks <pavlovevidence at gmail.com> wrote:
> You don't need any ternary operator to avoid repetition, anyways.  You
> could factor the common parts out like this:
>
> if n == 1:
>     what = "a car"
> else:
>     what = "%d cars" % n
> print "I saw %s" % what

Or even better (IMHO):

what = "%d cars" % n
if n == 1:
    what = "a car"
print "I saw %s" % what

One less line and just as readable.

> but what's the point?  It's just a few repeated characters two lines
> apart.  Peter's version is the most easily read version here,
> including the one using the official ternary operator.

Agreed.

-- 
mvh Björn