Question

I’m aware of using syntax like this:

(something) ? TRUE : FALSE

But what if i want to return checking variable? For example:

if([myVar objectForKey:objectName])
    return [myVar objectForKey:objectName]
else
    return -1;

Is there a syntax like first line of code here that do that?

Of course i know that i can simply do something like:

([myVar objectForKey:objectName]) ? return [myVar objectForKey:objectName] :  return -1;

But this is AFAIK very ugly solution

Answer 1

Off the top of my head I think this should work (EDIT: but see andyvn22’s answer re: return types):

id foo;
return (foo = [myVar objectForKey:objectName]) ? foo : -1;

As a general rule, though, you’re almost always better off using an easy to understand notation than one that is slightly more concise but cryptic.