From what I know, PowerShell doesn't seem to have a built-in expression for the so-called ternary operator.
For example, in the C language, which supports the ternary operator, I could write something like:
<condition> ? <condition-is-true> : <condition-is-false>;
If that doesn't really exist in PowerShell, what would be the best way (i.e. easy to read and to maintain) to accomplish the same result?
$result = If ($condition) {"true"} Else {"false"}
Everything else is incidental complexity and thus to be avoided.
For use in or as an expression, not just an assignment, wrap it in $()
, thus:
write-host $(If ($condition) {"true"} Else {"false"})