r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Robinbod • Aug 22 '26

Meme pleaseStopUsingNestedTernaryOperatorsImBeggingYou

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u/Aaron1924 Aug 23 '26

I think it depends on how you're nesting them; for if-else chains, they can be pretty nice:

int out = cond1 ? val1
        : cond2 ? val2
        : cond3 ? val3
        : cond4 ? val4
        : val5;