Booleans and conditionals

import ballerina/io;

boolean flag = true;

// Here's a conditional expression. Uses C syntax.
int n = flag ? 1 : 2;

public function main() {
    // Parentheses are optional in conditions, but curly braces are required in `if/else` and other compound statements.
    if flag {
        io:println(1);
    } else {
        io:println(2);
    }

}

Booleans and conditionals

The boolean type has two values: true, false. The ! operator works on booleans only. && and || operators short-circuit as in C. Usual comparison operators (==, !=, <, >, <=, and >=) produce boolean values.

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import ballerina/io;

boolean flag = true;

int n = flag ? 1 : 2;

Here’s a conditional expression. Uses C syntax.

public function main() {

    if flag {
        io:println(1);
    } else {
        io:println(2);
    }

Parentheses are optional in conditions, but curly braces are required in if/else and other compound statements.

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