Ternary Operators in Java with Example

What is an Operator in Java?

Operators are special symbols that perform the specified operations. Each operator is responsible to perform some specific operation on variables or values and return a result. The operators are classified and listed according to precedence order.

Java supports the following types of operators:

What is Ternary Operator in Java?

The ternary operator is a conditional operator and it is a single line statement consisting of three parts as given below in the syntax.

(Condition) ? (Statement1) : (Statement2);

The ternary operator is an alternative for using if-else and nested if-else statements.

Example 1 : A sample Java program of Ternary Operator

  public class TernaryOperatorExample {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
    int x = 10;
    int y = 20;
    
    int output = (x > y) ? x : y;
    System.out.println("Bigger Value : " + output);
    }
  }

  import java.util.Scanner;
  public class CheckEvenOrOddNumber {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
      System.out.println("===== Checking Number is Even or Odd =====");
      System.out.println("Enter any Number");
      Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
      // Taking input from keyboard
      int number = scanner.nextInt();
      
      // Checking Number is Even or Odd
      String output = (number % 2 == 0) ? (number + " is Even Number.") : (number + " is Odd Number.");
      System.out.println(output);
    }
  }

===== Checking Number is Even or Odd =====
Enter any Number
20
20 is Even Number.

Nested Ternary Operators

In Java, It is also possible to write a nested ternary operator means one ternary operator inside another ternary operator same as a nested if-else statement. Let's understand it through the example.

  public class NestedTernaryOperator {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        int x = 50, y = 80, z = 30;
        
        // Finding the largest number 
        int largestNum = (x >= y) ? ((x >= z) ? x : z) : ((y >= z) ? y : z);
        System.out.println("Largest Number: " + largestNum);
    }
  }

Ternary Operators in Java

What is an Operator in Java?

What is Ternary Operator in Java?

Nested Ternary Operators

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