How to do a quick inline method with conditional?

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This is what I'd like to do:

string x = if(true) "String Val" else "No String Val";

Is that possible?

Probably not a valid answer to this question (hence a comment instead): if your condition is a null check, e.g. `string x = (s != null) ? s : "Something else"`, you can do `string x = s ?? "Something else"` — Flynn1179, Feb 11 '11 at 00:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '11 at 00:16

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What you're talking about is called a conditional statement:

string x = boolVal ? "String Val" : "No String Val";

If you really want the string to have no value if the bool is false, you could change to:

string x = boolVal ? "String Val" : null;

answered Feb 11 '11 at 00:16

Justin Niessner

Luke Baulch · Answer 2 · 2011-02-11T00:22:01.543

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string x = condition ? trueValue : falseValue;

edited Feb 11 '11 at 00:22

answered Feb 11 '11 at 00:15

Luke Baulch

Just to clarify: those values can actually be any expression. They must both be strings though, or in the general case, they must be of the same type. – Flynn1179 Feb 11 '11 at 00:31

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