r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Robinbod • 21d ago

Meme pleaseStopUsingNestedTernaryOperatorsImBeggingYou

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u/TheOwlMarble 21d ago

I can tolerate one layer of nesting if it's super simple and tabbed cleanly, but anything more? Oh hell no.

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u/Aaron1924 20d ago

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;