How do I to shorten If else

Question

My code looks like

private bool IsUserAditya(string username)
{
  return username == "Aditya"? true : false;
}

Can I shorten it further?

I would appreciate any help on this.

Answer 1

Can I shorten it further?

Yes, a little bit

return username == "Aditya";

Any comparison in C# returns a bool , so no need to use the conditional operator.

Answer 2

private bool IsUserAditya(string username)
{
    return username == "Aditya";
}

Answer 3

Not directly related to shortening (properly even longer), but if you're comparing an input from a user, such as a username, use string.Equals which takes a StringComparison object:

private bool IsUserAditya(string username)
{
    return username.Equals("Aditya", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
}

Answer 4

Even shorter...

private bool IsUserAditya(string u){return u=="Aditya";}

but that only "shortens" the source code. Generated binary will be same size.