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C# C# Objects Encapsulation and Arrays Ternary If

Posted by Ramone Robertson
Ramone Robertson
2,348 Points

Ternary Staement

I have to use a ternary statement to initialize the textColor variable to a string using a boolean expression. I have never really used ternary statements before so I do not know what I am doing wrong.

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

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

1 Answer

Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
5,470 Points
Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
5,470 Points

Hi Ramone, Try this.

int value = -1;
string textColor = null;

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

Remember, you only use the 'return' keyword in context of functions i.e. when you're returning some result from a function. I hope that makes it clear for you.

Ramone Robertson
Ramone Robertson
2,348 Points

Thank you Shadab! That actually makes sense to me. I was trying to use it the way they showed it in the video.