Elvis operator

English

Etymology

The notation ?: has been humorously reinterpreted as an emoticon representing the eyes and hairstyle of Elvis Presley.

Noun

Elvis operator (plural Elvis operators)

(programming, informal) A binary operator that returns its first operand if that operand evaluates to true, and otherwise evaluates and returns its second operand.

See also

walrus operator

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