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C# C# Objects Encapsulation and Arrays Ternary If

Hermes Crespo
Hermes Crespo
980 Points
Posted by Hermes Crespo
Hermes Crespo
980 Points

Why am I getting the message: "Bummer! Did you include the boolean expression to evaluate?" if my code is correct?

Why am I getting the message: "Bummer! Did you include the boolean expression to evaluate?" if my code is correct? I am getting the message: "Bummer! Did you include the boolean expression to evaluate?" if it is obvious that I did use the boolean expression?

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

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

The boolean expression is good, but there's some other issues:

  • the result of the ternary is being assigned to "result" instead of "textColor"
  • the ternary has assignments inside it instead of just the values