[The_afridi]

char opponent = (player == 'W')? 'B' : 'W';

i cannot understand that above statement in c and what will be its simplest form? and what is above statement called in c ? c??

[macosxnerd101]

It's called the ternary operator, and is evaluated in the following way: (condition) ? true-value : false-value.

So if the player == 'W', then opponent is 'B'. Otherwise, the opponent is 'W'.

[The_afridi]

ok sir but how it can be converted into if else statment?

[jimblumberg]

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and what is above statement called in c ? c??

This is called a ternary operator.

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its simplest form?

To me the simplest form would be an if/else statement.

char opponent;
if(player == 'W')
   opponent = 'B';
else 
   opponent = 'W';

Jim

[The_afridi]

thank you sir it was very helpful.