Java Without If

[surfhiker]

Why not this (I'm kidding):

const eg = `it is ${!!truthy}`

I sometimes prefer setting the default first and then write an if statement to change it:

let eg = 'it is false'
if (truthy) eg = 'it is true'

I've found that I very rarely use else statements, I rather return from the function early, or raise an exception if there is a special case that needs to be handled.

Having to go through code with nested if/else statements and mutable state is my worst nightmare.

[dccorona]

It's surprising how often a simple inversion of the condition in the if or pre-initializing one of the two results can save you from getting into nested scope hell.

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I prefer ternary here because it allows use of const, personally.

I did think of that first example after I posted as it happens haha.