1.1.15 Conditional Operator

JavaScript has a conditional operator that we can use in place of an if statement. Here is the syntax…

So we have a test , which is in the parentheses, then a question mark (?). If the test returns true, the expression prior to the colon returns. Otherwise, the content after the colon runs. These are used for simple if/else statements. Here is another example…

In this case, the expression will return the “yes” string because 5 is greater than 4.