Re: Ternary operator

[Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Pluta wrote:
> ...
> I know that at one point the RPG compiler folks floated the possibility
> of a ternary operator (in Java, it's the "?", as in:
> 
>    maxval = (val1 > val2) ? val1 : val2;
> 
> In this, the condition to the left of the "?" is tested, and if true,
> the value to the left of the ":" is used, otherwise the value to the
> right is used.
> 
> Did this show up in V5R3?
> 

No.  Me, I think the only place that's really useful is in C
function-type macros, where you can't an "if" structure.  Personally, I
don't see this construct ever getting into RPG.

To see what's new in RPG for each release, look at the beginning of the
Programmer's Guide, in the "What's New in This Release" section.