Shorthand For If-else Statement

I have some code with a lot of if/else statements similar to this: var name = 'true'; if (name == 'true') { var hasName = 'Y'; } else if (name == 'false') { var hasName =

Solution 1:

Using the ternary :? operator .

var hasName = (name === 'true') ? 'Y' :'N';

The ternary operator lets us write shorthand if..else statements exactly like you want.

It looks like:

(name === 'true') - our condition

? - the ternary operator itself

'Y' - the result if the condition evaluates to true

'N' - the result if the condition evaluates to false

So in short (question)?(result if true):(result is false) , as you can see - it returns the value of the expression so we can simply assign it to a variable just like in the example above.

Solution 2:

You can use an object as a map:

var hasName = ({
        "true"  : "Y",
        "false" : "N"
  })[name];

This also scales nicely for many options

var hasName = ({
        "true"          : "Y",
        "false"         : "N",
        "fileNotFound"  : "O"
  })[name];

(Bonus point for people getting the reference)

Note: you should use actual booleans instead of the string value "true" for your variables indicating truth values.

Solution 3:

Try this

hasName = name ? 'Y' : 'N';

Solution 4:

Try like

var hasName = 'N';
if (name == "true") {
    hasName = 'Y';
}

Or even try with ternary operator like

var hasName = (name == "true") ? "Y" : "N" ;

Even simply you can try like

var hasName = (name) ? "Y" : "N" ;

Since name has either Yes or No but iam not sure with it.

Solution 5:

Most answers here will work fine if you have just two conditions in your if-else. For more which is I guess what you want, you'll be using arrays. Every names corresponding element in names array you'll have an element in the hasNames array with the exact same index. Then it's a matter of these four lines.

names = "true";
var names = ["true","false","1","2"];
var hasNames = ["Y","N","true","false"];
var intIndex = names.indexOf(name);
hasName = hasNames[intIndex ];

This method could also be implemented using Objects and properties as illustrated by Benjamin.