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minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe second one isn’t valid syntax in any programming language I’m familiar with. What does it do?
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s a shorthand for writing this: variable = if (input != null) input else default This is equivalent: variable = input ?: default
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day agoHuh. Neat feature.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoIt’s in Kotlin and some other languages. C# has it but there it’s actually A ?? B.
The second one isn’t valid syntax in any programming language I’m familiar with. What does it do?
It’s a shorthand for writing this:
variable = if (input != null) input else defaultThis is equivalent:
variable = input ?: defaultHuh. Neat feature.
It’s in Kotlin and some other languages. C# has it but there it’s actually
A ?? B.