Editing Ternary operation (section)

{{Short description|Mathematical operation that combines three elements to produce another element}}
In [[mathematics]], a '''ternary operation''' is an ''n''-[[arity|ary]] [[operation (mathematics)|operation]] with ''n'' = 3. A ternary operation on a [[set (mathematics)|set]] ''A'' takes any given three elements of ''A'' and combines them to form a single element of ''A''.

In [[computer science]], a '''ternary operator''' is an [[operator (computer programming)|operator]] that takes three [[parameter (computer programming)|arguments]] as input and returns one output.<ref name = "MDM nmve">{{cite web |last1=MDN |first1=nmve |title=Conditional (ternary) Operator |website=Mozilla Developer Network |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Conditional_Operator |accessdate=20 February 2017}}</ref>