Inline conditions in Lua (a == b ? "yes" : "no")?

Is there anyway to use inline conditions in Lua?

Such as:

print("blah: " .. (a == true ? "blah" : "nahblah"))

Solution

Sure:

print("blah: " .. (a and "blah" or "nahblah"))

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