ternary

programming A description of an operator taking three

arguments. The only common example is C's ?: operator which

is used in the form "CONDITION ? EXP1 : EXP2" and returns EXP1

if CONDITION is true else EXP2. Haskell has a similar "if

CONDITION then EXP1 else EXP2" operator.

See also unary, binary.

(1998-07-29)