Groups > comp.lang.java.programmer > #31448

Re: Simple if-exercises

Path	csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.informatik.hu-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
From	v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert)
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Simple if-exercises
Date	3 Apr 2015 18:05:24 GMT
Organization	Private site at Eddersheim, Germany
Lines	32
Distribution	world
Message-ID	<mfmkp4$3ga$1@Gaia.teknon.de> (permalink)
References	<if-20150402020010@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <mfjhvg$1ka$1@dont-email.me> <mflc17$mdd$1@Gaia.teknon.de> <mflq2e$nsq$1@dont-email.me>
X-Trace	individual.net uk1QBoRRZDlbcjAprWQ2Hgj2/gVkXrgoNjWyYjdr+NxS0n9Cjz
Cancel-Lock	sha1:PLlLUNAN9SKLE7XYq0eehfevf5I=
Xref	csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:31448

Show key headers only | View raw

Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Apr 2015 06:29:59 +0000, Volker Borchert wrote:
> 
> > Jeff Higgins wrote:
> > 
> >> Why don't we have a Quinary operator?
> >> x ? y LT : EQ : GT
> > 
> > One of those occasions where "newer" is not "better".
> > 
> > I _do_ miss FORTRAN's three-way IF statement.
> 
> It would be more in the style of Java to extend the switch statement's 
> syntax by adding pseudo constants corresponding to <, == and > so you 
> could write something like:
> 
> switch(arithmetic expression)
       sgn(                 )
> {
>   case LT: ....; break;
         -1
>   case EQ: ....; break;
          0
>   case GT: ....; break;
         +1
>   default: ...; break;
> }

-- 

"I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." Dr Leonard McCoy <mccoy@ncc1701.starfleet.fed>
"I'm a mechanic, not a doctor." Volker Borchert  <v_borchert@despammed.com>

Thread

Re: Simple if-exercises Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-02 09:58 -0400
  Re: Simple if-exercises Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-02 10:53 -0400
    Re: Simple if-exercises Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2015-04-02 15:08 -0400
  Re: Simple if-exercises Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-04-02 16:46 -0700
  Re: Simple if-exercises v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2015-04-03 06:29 +0000
    Re: Simple if-exercises Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-04-03 10:29 +0000
      Re: Simple if-exercises v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2015-04-03 18:05 +0000
        Re: Simple if-exercises Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-04-03 19:31 +0000
          Re: Simple if-exercises Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-04-03 16:07 -0400
            Re: Simple if-exercises Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-04-03 21:45 +0000
          Re: Simple if-exercises v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2015-04-03 23:49 +0000
    Re: Simple if-exercises Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-04-03 07:38 -0400
      Re: Simple if-exercises Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-03 20:06 -0400

csiph-web