How to do one-liner if else statement?

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thoroc picture thoroc · Oct 24, 2014 · Viewed 152.6k times · Source

Can I write a simple if-else statement with variable assignment in go (golang) as I would do in php? For example:

$var = ( $a > $b )? $a: $b;

Currently I have to use the following:

var c int
if a > b {
    c = a
} else {
    c = b
}

Sorry I cannot remember the name if this control statement and I couldn't find the info in-site or through google search. :/

Answer

Not_a_Golfer picture Not_a_Golfer · Oct 24, 2014

As the comments mentioned, Go doesn't support ternary one liners. The shortest form I can think of is this:

var c int
if c = b; a > b {
    c = a
}

But please don't do that, it's not worth it and will only confuse people who read your code.

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