Business Central 2024 wave 2 (BC25): Use the ternary operator ?: when coding in the AL language

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The public preview for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 release wave 2 (BC25) is available. Learn more: Link.

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Use the ternary operator when coding in the AL language:

Business value:
The ternary operator ? : known from other programming languages streamlines conditional operations in code, enhances readability, and reduces verbosity. It’s particularly useful for simple conditions, promoting code clarity and intent-focused programming. By allowing variable initialization within the same line, it ensures proper assignment and minimizes code length. With this release, AL now also supports the ternary operator.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/smb/dynamics365-business-central/use-ternary-operator-when-coding-al-language?wt.mc_id=DX-MVP-5004336

About this update first came from Steffen Balslev, Source:

Sample code:

Yes, ternary operator is finally coming to AL.
Syntax:

condition ? exprIfTrue : exprIfFalse

Let’s see more details.
The ternary operator ? : can now be used to assign one of two values to a variable, depending on the condition of an expression.
Here’s an example of using if-then-else as until now and the new ternary operator.

Another example:

It’s particularly useful for simple conditions, promoting code clarity and intent-focused programming. Give it a try!!!😁

PS: Ternary conditional operator in wiki

Update a post from Volodymyr Dvernytskyi: The Dark Side of Ternary Operator

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Hope this will help.

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ZHU