What does the "iif" acronym mean?

BlueOysterCult · Oct 10, 2003

What does the "iif" acronym mean?

Rob

Robby · Oct 10, 2003

In what context?

VBA uses IIF as a conditional operator.

BlueOysterCult · Oct 10, 2003

as in
strOrderSummary &= iif(radDlivery.checked, "Delivery", "Take out")

hog · Oct 10, 2003

iif(expression,true result, false result)

myvar = iif(1 > 2, "yes", "no")

myvar will equal "no"

Merrion · Oct 10, 2003

Inline if?

Derek Stone · Oct 10, 2003

Yep, same as it was back in Visual Basic.

Volte · Oct 10, 2003

Note, in C# it is the ?: operator. Its kind of wierd.

C#:

String desc;

desc = (5 > 7) ? "greater" : "less";
MessageBox.Show("5 is " + desc + " than 7");

It works like this:

<var> = <expression> ? <true part> : <false part>

wyrd · Oct 10, 2003

Its kind of wierd.

It has the same syntax as C/C++, Java etc. How is it weird?

Volte · Oct 10, 2003

the syntax can be confusing if youve never seen it before. I think its the only tertiary operator there is, in C# at least.