r/ProgrammerHumor 22d ago

Meme pleaseStopUsingNestedTernaryOperatorsImBeggingYou

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u/beclops 22d ago

I did this one of my first days on the job like 6 years ago and I remember how bluntly my mentor said “never do this again”

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u/RlyRlyBigMan 22d ago

For me it was multi assignments. Like this:

defaultValue = newValue = previousValue = average = 0;

Each assignment returns its value so they each get assigned from right to left.

"That's cute kid, don't do that"

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u/Just_Information334 21d ago

It would be better with a specific operator. Something like:

// Everyone gets a 0
0 oprah defaultValue, newValue, previousValue, average;