Can I omit the else in an inline javascript if statement?

Question

I\'m trying to use this and it doesn\'t appear to be working. I\'m guessing it\'s just not an option, but want to confirm. Is this valid?

(if_it_is) ? thats_cool         


        

Answer 1

No, you can't. It's not an "inline if statement", it's the ternary operator, and that is, well… ternary.

(if_it_is) ? thats_cool() : null;

Since you do not seem to be interested in the return value of the operation, you could just write:

if (if_it_is) thats_cool();

though. That would also be better style than using a ternary.