Elvis operator

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Elvis operator (plural Elvis operators)

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

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