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C Ternary Operator
We use the ternary operator in C to run one code when
the condition is true and another code when the condition
is false. For example,

(age >= 18) ? printf("Can Vote") : printf("Cannot Vote");

Here, when the age is greater than or equal to 18,

Can Vote is printed. Otherwise, Cannot Vote is printed.

Syntax of Ternary Operator

The syntax of ternary operator is :

testCondition ? expression1 : expression 2;

The testCondition is a boolean expression that results in

either true or false. If the condition is

true - expression1 (before the colon) is executed

false - expression2 (after the colon) is executed

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Example: C Ternary Operator

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int age;

// take input from users

printf("Enter your age: ");
scanf("%d", &age);

// ternary operator to find if a person can vote or not

(age >= 18) ? printf("You can vote") : printf("You cann

return 0;
}

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Output 1

Enter your age: 12

You cannot vote

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Output 2

Enter your age: 24

You can vote

This time the input value is 24 which is greater than 18.

Hence, we get You can vote as output.

Assign the ternary operator to a variable

In C programming, we can also assign the expression of
the ternary operator to a variable. For example,

variable = condition ? expression1 : expression2;

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int main() {

// create variables
char operator = '+';
int num1 = 8;
int num2 = 7;

// using variables in ternary operator

int result = (operator == '+') ? (num1 + num2) : (num1
printf("%d", result);

return 0;
}

// Output: 15

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In the above example, the test condition

(operator == '+') will always be true. So, the first
expression before the colon i.e the summation of two
integers num1 and num2 is assigned to the result

variable.

And, finally the result variable is printed as an output

giving out the summation of 8 and 7. i.e 15.
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#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
int number = 3;

if (number % 2 == 0) {
printf("Even Number");
}
else {
printf("Odd Number");
}

return 0;
}

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int main() {
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