One line if statement not working

Question

<%if @item.rigged %>Yes<%else%>No<%end%>

I was thinking of something like this?

if @item.rigged ? \"Yes\" : \"No\" 
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Answer 1

Both the shell and C one-line constructs work (ruby 1.9.3p429):

# Shell format
irb(main):022:0> true && "Yes" || "No"
=> "Yes"
irb(main):023:0> false && "Yes" || "No"
=> "No"

# C format
irb(main):024:0> true ? "Yes" : "No"
=> "Yes"
irb(main):025:0> false ? "Yes" : "No"
=> "No"