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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Values of statements
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:36:10 +0100
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Stefan Ram wrote:

>   In JavaScript, statements have values.

In all ECMAScript implementations.

>   For example, the if statement has a value and thus it is very similar to
>   the ternary operator.
> 
> const name = a =>
> { "use strict";
>   return eval
>   ( "if( a === 0 )'Null'; else if( a === 1 )'Eins'; else 'Zwei';" ); }
> undefined
> 
> name( 0 )
> "Null"
> 
> name( 1 )
> "Eins"
> 
> name( 2 )
> "Zwei"
> 
>   But can something like the above be written without »eval«?

Yes.

>   (I.e., can the value of an if statement be obtained without »eval«?)

No.

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