Editing Ternary conditional operator (section)

===Delphi===
In [[Object Pascal|Delphi]] the {{code|IfThen}} function can be used to achieve the same as {{code|?:}}. If the {{code|System.Math}} library is used, the {{code|IfThen}} function returns a numeric value such as an [[Integer (computer science)|Integer]], [[Double precision|Double]] or Extended. If the {{code|System.StrUtils}} library is used, this function can also return a [[string (computer science)|string]] value.

Using {{code|System.Math}}

<syntaxhighlight lang="Delphi">
function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: Integer; const AFalse: Integer): Integer;
function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: Int64; const AFalse: Int64): Int64;
function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: UInt64; const AFalse: UInt64): UInt64;
function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: Single; const AFalse: Single): Single;
function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: Double; const AFalse: Double): Double;
function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: Extended; const AFalse: Extended): Extended;
</syntaxhighlight>

Using the {{code|System.StrUtils}} library

<syntaxhighlight lang="Delphi">
function IfThen(AValue: Boolean; const ATrue: string; AFalse: string = ''): string;
</syntaxhighlight>

Usage example:

<syntaxhighlight lang="Delphi">
function GetOpeningTime(Weekday: Integer): Integer;
begin
  { This function will return the opening time for the given weekday: 12 for Sundays, 9 for other days }
  Result := IfThen((Weekday = 1) or (Weekday = 7), 12, 9);
end;
</syntaxhighlight>

Unlike a true ternary operator however, both of the results are evaluated prior to performing the comparison. For example, if one of the results is a call to a function which inserts a row into a database table, that function will be called whether or not the condition to return that specific result is met.