Ternary Operator in C

In C programming we often use ternary operator (? :). The ternary operator is a conditional operator similar to the way conditional expression if-else.

if(Condition)

{

       Statement;

}

else

{

       Statement;

}

Ternary operator(?:) is used as

Variable = condition? Value if true: value if false

For example if we wish to implement c code for toilet indicator (RED: In use, GREEN: Ready) we may write.

if(Status == In_use)

{

     Indicator = RED;

}

else

{

     Indicator = GREEN;

}

The above code can be replaced by ternary operator

Indicator  =  (Status == In_use)  ? RED : GREEN;

 The two forms are nearly equivalent, though ternary ?: is an expression and  if-else is a statement