On Jan 26, 2024, at 10:52 PM, Robert Viragh <rvir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As a user of Elixir, it seems to me that I can write ternary expressions in > Elixir by treating the if statement as an expression and it remains highly > readable.
You are so close to being correct here. You're not "treating" a statement as an expression. Elixir has no if statement. It only has an if expression. This is by design and is common among functional languages. It just so happens that Elixir is the first language where you have encountered it. It's great to see you have a "lightbulb moment" when a new concept fits together in your mind. Google for terms such as "expression based language" for more details. That being said, yes, this insight offers you a deeper way of looking at conditional logic in Elixir. However, a ternary operator is distinct, as José pointed out, because it is an operator. -Greg Vaughn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/D6FD6023-2EEC-41CB-86E3-3EB51744169D%40gmail.com.
