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The Ternary Operator
The ternary operator is the only JavaScript operator that takes three operands: a condition followed by a question mark, then an expression to execute if the condition is truthy, and finally a colon followed by an expression if the condition is falsy.
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const age = 20;const status = age >= 18 ? 'Adult' : 'Minor';console.log(status);
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const status = age >= 18 ? 'Adult' : 'Minor';
Checks if age is 18 or more. If true, returns 'Adult'; otherwise, returns 'Minor'.
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console.log(status);
Outputs the result of the conditional check to the console.