The ternaery operator

[Tobiah]

On 03/16/2017 01:12 AM, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Stefan Ram wrote:
> 
>> a if c else b
>>
>>   Guido has invented something totally new. Why?
> 
> It's arguably closer to the way you would say such a
> thing in English.
> 
> Consider the following sentences:
> 
> "I wear my red shirt if it's Tuesday, else my green one."
> 
> "I wear if it's Tuesday my red shirt, else my green one."
> 
> Which one sounds more natural?
> 

To be fair, the proper comparison would be:
	
	If it's Tuesday, I wear my red shirt, else my green one.



I think it would be nice to have a way of getting the 'true'
value as the return with an optional value if false.  The desire
comes about when the thing I'm comparing is an element of a collection:

        drugs['choice'] if drugs['choice'] else 'pot'

Then I'm tempted to do:

	chosen = drugs['choice']
	chosen if chosen else 'pot'

I sometimes feel like doing:

	drugs['choice'] else 'pot'


Tobiah