something like "if" that returns a value?

[Paul Rudin]

>>>>> "AM" == Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> writes:

 AM> Paul Rudin wrote:
 >> .... lisp's if:
 >> 
 >> (if x y z)
 >> 
 >> which returns y if x is true and z otherwise.
 >> 
 >> ... is there a succinct way of expressing this in the base language?

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Thanks for the reply.

Seems like the executive summary is : "No" :-)

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