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20,893 PointsIs this acceptable, and what are the alternative ways to write this?
going_speed_limit = !too_fast = car_speed > speed_limit ? true : false
car_speed = 55
speed_limit = 55
going_speed_limit = !too_fast = car_speed > speed_limit ? true : false
2 Answers
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsIf you're going for one-liner here. You can just write it as
going_speed_limit = !too_fast = car_speed > speed_limit
the ? true : false
at the end is not needed.
Or simply
going_speed_limit = !(car_speed < speed_limit)
I don't think that's how the code challenge is expecting you to solve it; but the grader is fine with it; so I guess it's alright.
Michael Hess
24,512 PointsHi Andrew,
Yes, that is an acceptable way using the ternary operator -- it's also more terse. I like it!
Another way of writing the same thing is:
car_speed = 55
speed_limit = 55
if car_speed < speed_limit
too_fast = false
else if car_speed > speed_limit
too_fast = true
else
going_speed_limit = true;
end
end
Hope this helps!
Andrew Gay
20,893 PointsAndrew Gay
20,893 PointsCan't believe I didn't think of that XD I was doing something similar for earlier challenges
I just learned the ternary operator so decide to use it (before my code it didn't use ? true : false it was the something a bit different)