Multiple conditions in the ternary operator safe?

Question

I have seen advice that says the ternary operator must not be nested.

I have tested the code below and it works okay. My question is, I haven\'t seen the ternary op

Answer 1

It's legal and doesn't have to be "ugly". I use the "hook" operator often, in table form it's quite clean, e.g.:

bool haveANeed() 
{ 
    //     Condition       result
    //     ----------      ------
    return needToEat()   ? true
         : needToSleep() ? true
         : needToStudy() ? true
         : needToShop()  ? true
         : needToThink() ? true
         :                 false; // no needs!
}

This function would, IMHO, be less clear and certainly longer if written with if-else logic.