Ternary operation in CoffeeScript

Question

I need to set value to a that depends on a condition.

What is the shortest way to do this with CoffeeScript?

E.g. this is how I'd do it in JavaScript:

a = true  ? 5 : 10  # => a = 5 a = false ? 5 : 10  # => a = 10 

Answer 1

Since everything is an expression, and thus results in a value, you can just use if/else.

a = if true then 5 else 10 a = if false then 5 else 10 

You can see more about expression examples here.

Answer 2

a = if true then 5 else 10 a = if false then 5 else 10  

See documentation.