using ternary operator for multiple statement

Question

Can anybody help me to write ternary operator code for following code

if(s> b) 
{
  minlength = s.length;
  maxlength = b.length;
}
else
{
  minlength = b.length;
  maxlength = s.length;
}

i have tried the following code but it gives me an error

 s.Length > B.Length ? ( minlength = B.Length,maxlength = s.Length ) : ( minlength = s.Length, maxlength = B.Length);

when i use above code it gives an error

"only assignment call increment decrement and new object expressions can be used as a statement"

Can anybody help me to resolve this...

Look at the: stackoverflow.com/questions/7114443/… And why do you need such ugly code? — Anton Malyshev
– Anton Malyshev, Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 5:55

Anonymous Duck · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-19 05:55:09Z

1

why just write it in this way :

minlength = (s > b) ?  s.length : b.length;
maxlength = (s > b) ?  b.length : s.length;

answered Aug 19, 2015 at 5:55

Anonymous Duck

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Michael McMullin · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-19 05:59:42Z

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Do you really need to use a ternary operator? I would have thought that a simple Math.Min/Max would be clearer to anyone reading it:

minlength = Math.Min(s.length, b.length);
maxlength = Math.Max(s.length, b.length);

...but that's just me :-)

answered Aug 19, 2015 at 5:59

Michael McMullin

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