Use-Ternary

A PowerShell function that emulates a ternary operator (condition ? trueValue : falseValue) in PowerShell 5.0. It simplifies conditional expressions, improving readability while maintaining efficiency.

📌 Usage

Use-Ternary allows for inline conditional expressions, making scripts cleaner and more concise.

Basic Conditional Assignment: Performs a simple conditional check and assigns a value.

$x = 10 $result = Use-Ternary ($x -gt 5) "Greater" "Lesser" Write-Output $result

# Output: Greater

Inline Command Execution: Executes different commands based on the condition.

Use-Ternary ($true) (Write-Output "Executed True Block") (Write-Output "Executed False Block")

# Output: Executed True Block

Assigning Different Data Types: Demonstrates how Use-Ternary handles arrays, numbers, and strings.

$num = 5 $message = Use-Ternary ($num -eq 5) @(1,2,3) "Not Matched" Write-Output $message

# Output: 1 2 3

Using with Objects: Evaluates properties within a hash table (object).

$person = @{ Name = "John"; Age = 30 } $ageGroup = Use-Ternary ($person.Age -ge 18) "Adult" "Minor" Write-Output "The person is an $ageGroup"

# Output: The person is an Adult

Using Inside a Loop: Can be used within loops to process values dynamically.

foreach ($i in 1..5) { $type = Use-Ternary ($i % 2 -eq 0) "Even" "Odd" Write-Output "$i is $type" }

# Output:
# 1 is Odd
# 2 is Even
# 3 is Odd
# 4 is Even
# 5 is Odd

Nested Use-Ternary Calls: Demonstrates a nested ternary-style conditional for multi-level evaluation.

$score = 85 $grade = Use-Ternary ($score -ge 90) "A" (Use-Ternary ($score -ge 80) "B" "C") Write-Output "Grade: $grade"

# Output: Grade: B

📥 Installation To use Use-Ternary, download the script and import it into your PowerShell session:

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxnull/Use-Ternary/main/Use-Ternary.ps1" -OutFile "Use-Ternary.ps1" . .\Use-Ternary.ps1 # Import function