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Recognizing and converting ternary operator to correct if statement

I'm trying to figure out the below code and I'm having trouble with the ternary operator below.

            System.out.print(solution[i][j] == 0
                    ? " "
                    : Integer.toString(solution[i][j]));

Is this correct? 

System.out.print(solution[i][j] == 0 ? " " : Integer.toString(solution[i][j]) );

The above statement can be represented by 

            if (solution[i][j] == 0) {
                System.out.print(" ");

            } else {
                System.out.print(Integer.toString(solution[i][j]));
            }
Solution

  • Yes, your "is this correct?" is correct. It's just a removal of some white-space so it will be hard to mess it up. I think that your second statement is correct as well. Putting a ternary inside of a method parameter is a BAD IDEA™.