Editing Ternary conditional operator (section)

===Bash===
A true ternary operator only exists for arithmetic expressions:

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((result = condition ? value_if_true : value_if_false))
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For strings there only exist workarounds, like e.g.:

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result=$([[ "$a" = "$b" ]] && echo "value_if_true" || echo "value_if_false")
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Where {{code|1="$a" = "$b"}} can be any condition {{code|[[ … ]]}} construct can evaluate. Instead of the {{code|[[ … ]]}} there can be any other bash command. When it exits with success, the first echo command is executed, otherwise the second one is executed.