Re: Javascripts help with interpretation

From	Tim Slattery <tim@risingdove.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: Javascripts help with interpretation
Date	2014-06-30 18:04 -0400
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jonas.thornvall@gmail.com wrote:

>Sometimes when i read code i realise my programming skils far to ancient.
> 
>return ((N<0) ? "-"+HexN : HexN);
>
>
>This function return is a string but what does ((N<0) ? actually mean 
>there is no if. And what about "-"+HexN : HexN); 

It's the ternary operator. The first part is delimited by the "?", the
second by the ":". It means: If N is less than zero, return "-"
concatenated to HexN, else return HexN unchanged.

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Tim Slattery
tim <at> risingdove <dot> com

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Javascripts help with interpretation jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-06-30 14:23 -0700
  Re: Javascripts help with interpretation Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-01 07:36 +1000
    Re: Javascripts help with interpretation jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2014-06-30 14:51 -0700
  Re: Javascripts help with interpretation Tim Slattery <tim@risingdove.com> - 2014-06-30 18:04 -0400

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