Question

Here is the normal code :

       if(a==b)
            printf("equal");
        else if(a>b)
            printf("bigger");
        else
            printf("smaller");

My teacher want to change if/else to this structure:

printf("%s",a>b?"bigger":"smaller")

of course, this just a simple and standard. and I don’t know how to apply this to above code to replace if/else.

Answer 1

It’s not generally a good idea to use nested conditional operators, but it can be done:

printf("%s", a==b ? "equal" : (a > b ? "bigger" : "smaller"));