Converting if else statement to java statement using ternary operator

Question

Is it possible to convert the below java code using ternary operator:

if (x > 0) {
    a = 100;
    b = 100;
} else {
    a = 1;
    b = 1;
}

Answer 1

You can write:

a = b = x > 0 ? 100 : 1;

but only because you assign the same value to a and b .

In the general case, you'd need a separate ternary conditional operator for each variable you wish to assign to:

a = x > 0 ? 100 : 1;
b = x > 0 ? 100 : 1;

Answer 2

You can handle this with one ternary expression:

a = x > 0 ? 100 : 1;
b = a;

This works because the assignment logic for both a and b happens to be the same. If that were not the case, we would need two separate ternary expressions:

a = x > 0 ? 100 : 1;
b = x > 0 ? 100 : 1;