conditional operator
GIS
A symbol or keyword specifying how to compare values. Conditional operators are used to query a database. Examples from SQL include: = (equal to) BETWEEN < (less than) LIKE > (greater than) CONTAINING
- — GIS Glossary retrieved 2014-05-27
Java
An operator taking three operands - a ternary operator. The conditional operator (?:) is used in the form
bexpr ? expr1 : expr2where
bexpr is a boolean expression. The the boolean expression has the value true then the result of the operation is the value of expr1, otherwise it is the value of expr2.