ternary operator in matlab

Question

is there a way of typing for if like:

var = (cond) ? true : false;

or do we have to use this format?

if (cond)
 true
else
          


        

Answer 1

You can do

var = 5 > 4;

which will set var to true. Just substitute what ever you need for 5 > 4.

Answer 2

Hmm... no one has mentioned this

fi = @(varargin)varargin{end-varargin{1}}

somewhere in the docs it is written the `end' is coming to one so this will be more future proof

fi = @(varargin)varargin{length(varargin)-varargin{1}}

Usage :

fi(input('Do you like Matlab ? '),'yes','no')
>> no

If your in the need of inline cases see Mathworks ...

Answer 3

I use this style frequently:

cond = what < ever;

n = getfield([23,42], {1+(what < ever)}) % for any 1x1-data
s = cell2mat(getfield({'no','yes'}, {1+(what < ever)})) % for nonuniform

it's compact enough to not require a helper function