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Gregory Young
792 PointsI'm just wondering what I am doing wrong in this code. I thought it was good.
Just wondering what I am doing wrong
int value = -1;
string textColor = null;
public checkcolor()
{
value < 0 ? textColor = "red" : textColor = "green";
}
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,268 PointsYou probably don't want to perform assignments inside a ternary.
Instead, use the ternary to determine the value to assign:
variable = condition ? true_value : false_value;
Gregory Young
792 Pointsthank you so much, helped me out a lot