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public class JavaTernaryOperatorExamples {
    /**
       * Examples using the Java ternary operator
       * @author alvin alexander, devdaily.com
       */
      public static void main(String[] args)
      {
        // min value example
        int minVal, a=3, b=2;
        minVal = a < b ? a : b;
        System.out.println("min = " + minVal);
        System.out.println();

        // absolute value example
        a = -10;
        int absValue = (a < 0) ? -a : a;
        System.out.println("abs = " + absValue);
        System.out.println();

        // result is assigned the value 1.0
        float result = true ? 1.0f : 2.0f;
        System.out.println("float = " + result);
        System.out.println();

        // result is assigned the value "Sorry Dude, it's false"
        String s = false ? "Dude, that was true" : "Sorry Dude, it's false";
        System.out.println(s);
        System.out.println();

        // example using the ternary operator on the rhs, in a string
        int x = 5;
        String out = "There" + (x > 1 ? " are " + x + " cookies" : "is one cookie") + " in the jar.";
        System.out.println(out);
      }
    }