in the flossmanual, it is explained here:
https://flossmanual.csound.com/csound-language/control-structures#short-form-a-v-b-x-y


On 23/01/2021 23:04, Dave Seidel wrote:
> This is an example of what's called a ternary expression, a shorthand 
> way to express a conditional statement.
> 
> Here's another way to say the same thing, more verbosely:
> 
> if gkPitchDir < 0 then
>      kLowPchBound  = -gkPitchDev+gkPitchDir
> else
> kLowPchBound =  -gkPitchDev
> endif
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 4:57 PM Stefan Thomas 
> > wrote:
> 
>     Dear community,
>     I try to understand Joachim's example of a random walk, which I
>     found at
>     https://flossmanual.csound.com/basics/random
>     When I studied the code, I found a line, which I don't understand.
>     I've no idea what
> 
>         kLowPchBound =      gkPitchDir < 0 ? -gkPitchDev+gkPitchDir :
>         -gkPitchDev
> 
>     could mean.
>     Could someone give me a hint?
>     Thanks for Your help.
>     Stefan
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