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Use the ternary operator when coding in the AL language

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The ternary operator ? : known from other programming languages streamlines conditional operations in code, enhances readability, and reduces verbosity. It's particularly useful for simple conditions, promoting code clarity and intent-focused programming. By allowing variable initialization within the same line, it ensures proper assignment and minimizes code length. With this release, AL now also supports the ternary operator.

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The ternary operator ? : can now be used to assign one of two values to a variable, depending on the condition of an expression.

Here's an example of using if-then-else as until now and the new ternary operator.

Example of using ternary operator in AL to conditionally assign a variable value.

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