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C# C# Objects Encapsulation and Arrays Ternary If

Andres Osorio
Andres Osorio
43,021 Points
Posted by Andres Osorio
Andres Osorio
43,021 Points

Is this challenge bugged or am I not seeing things?

I have being trying to pass the challenge but it keeps telling me to add the boolean expresion in the ternary operator. Can someone help me please?

CodeChallenge.cs 
int value = -1;
string textColor = null;

(value < 0) ? textColor = "red" : textColor = "green";

1 Answer

Joe Beltramo
Joe Beltramo
Courses Plus Student 22,191 Points

In order to assign a value while using a ternary operator you must place the ternary conditional on the right hand side of the variable assignment. So simply remove the textColor equals from within your ternary conditional.

Example:

variableName = expression ? truthValue : falseValue


textColor = value < 0 ? "red" : "green"
Andres Osorio
Andres Osorio
43,021 Points
Andres Osorio
Andres Osorio
43,021 Points

Thanks alot! That makes sense!