Is it possible to have multiple operations within a ternary operator's if/else?

I've e up with an example below, probably not the best example but I hope you get what I mean.

var totalCount = 0;
var oddCount = 0;
var evenCount = 0;
for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  if(arr[i] % 2 === 0) {
    evenCount ++;
    totalCount ++;
  } else {
    oddCount ++;
    totalCount ++;
  }
}

into something like:

var totalCount = 0;
var oddCount = 0;
var evenCount = 0;
for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  arr[i] % 2 === 0? evenCount ++ totalCount ++ : oddCount ++ totalCount ++;
  }
}

Is it possible to have multiple operations within a ternary operator's if/else?

I've e up with an example below, probably not the best example but I hope you get what I mean.

var totalCount = 0;
var oddCount = 0;
var evenCount = 0;
for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  if(arr[i] % 2 === 0) {
    evenCount ++;
    totalCount ++;
  } else {
    oddCount ++;
    totalCount ++;
  }
}

into something like:

var totalCount = 0;
var oddCount = 0;
var evenCount = 0;
for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  arr[i] % 2 === 0? evenCount ++ totalCount ++ : oddCount ++ totalCount ++;
  }
}

• javascript
• if-statement
• for-loop
• ternary-operator

• stackoverflow./questions/6678411/… – Mahi Commented Oct 26, 2016 at 15:51
• 3 If you need to confuse other programmers, this is the way to go. – user1023602 Commented Oct 26, 2016 at 15:53

1 Answer 1

You can use the ma operator to execute multiple expressions in place of a single expression:

arr[i] % 2 === 0? (evenCount++, totalCount++) : (oddCount++, totalCount++);

The result of the ma operator is the result of the last expression.

But yeah, don't use the conditional operator for side effects.