Ternary Conditional Operator   ?:

Ternary means that the operator takes three operands.   ?: is the only one in C++.

Operand 1 is a condition, operand 2 is the true clause, and operand 3 is the false (or else) clause. the syntax is:

<logical expression> ? <true statement> : <false statement>


Functionally Equivalent Examples:

if(genEd != 'F')  cout << "It counts!\n";
else              cout << "Take it again.\n";
    
cout << (genEd != 'F' ? "It counts!\n" : "Take it again.\n"); 
    
genEd != 'F' ? cout << "It counts!\n" : cout << "Take it again.\n";