@ScroogeMcPump: Correct, <code>?:</code> isn't <b>the</b> definitive ternary operator. However, since (as you mention) it happens to be the only one, it is in that sense "the" ternary operator (or perhaps I should more thoroughly say "<b>a</b> definitive ternary operator"). I don't know of a better name for the thing, and any time I forget the syntax (which comes first, the huh or the colon?), I can't exactly run to google with a search for "? operator" (and until I made that post above, I didn't know of the wikipedia entry). I always search for "ternary operator" and I always get the desired result. Way back when I learned of this in school, it was taught as "the ternary operator." <p>@ScroogeMcPump: Correct, <code>?:</code> isn't <b>the</b> definitive ternary operator. However, since (as you mention) it happens to be the only one, it is in that sense "the" ternary operator (or perhaps I should more thoroughly say "<b>a</b> definitive ternary operator"). I don't know of a better name for the thing, and any time I forget the syntax (which comes first, the huh or the colon?), I can't exactly run to google with a search for "? operator" (and until I made that post above, I didn't know of the wikipedia entry). I always search for "ternary operator" and I always get the desired result. Way back when I learned of this in school, it was taught as "the ternary operator."</p> 2008-11-05T16:56:21Z 3 Forum 17158 9492 2008-11-06T00:10:18Z 41779