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Elvis operator
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English
Etymology
The notation mul ?: humorously reinterpreted as an emoticon representing the eyes and hairstyle of Elvis Presley.
Noun
en informal programming A binary operator that returns its first operand if that operand evaluates to true, and otherwise evaluates and returns its second operand.
See also
en ternary operator walrus operator
en eponyms