R. Kaushik <proware@del2.vsnl.net.in> wrote:
> I am posting the code snippet here. It seems to me that the ?:
> Operator is not behaving properly. It seems like it is a bug:
>
> TimeSpan ts1, ts2;
> float dayHours = 0;
>
> ts1 = (some_datetime_variable_1);
>
> ts2 = (some_datetime_variable_2);
>
> // ****************** Working Code *************************
> // This computes dayHours correctly
> if(ts1.TotalHours > 0)
> dayHours = (float)ts1.TotalHours;
>
> if(ts2.TotalHours > 0)
> dayHours += (float)ts2.TotalHours;
> // ****************** Working Code *************************
>
> // ****************** Non-Working Code *************************
> // This does not add the portion after + sign
> dayHours = (float)(ts1.TotalHours > 0 ? ts1.TotalHours : 0 +
> ts2.TotalHours > 0 ? ts2.TotalHours : 0);
> // ****************** Non-Working Code *************************
>
> As commented above, I am trying to condense the working code to one
> line using ? operator but the one line non-working code dows not add
> the variable after + sign. For example, if ts1.TotalHours is 4 and
> ts2.TotalHours is 3, the dayHours is computed as 4. Though, I can use
> the working code, which takes four lines but it is something I am
> doing wrong here or it is a bug in .NET Framework?
>
> Thank you for your time for looking at my post and would appreciate
> your responses.

R. Kaushik wrote:

> [...]
> As commented above, I am trying to condense the working code to one
> line using ? operator but the one line non-working code dows not add
> the variable after + sign.
> [...]

"R. Kaushik" <proware@del2.vsnl.net.in> wrote in message
news:87593018.0403070727.48f5d619@posting.google.com...
> Thanks Jon and C# Learner,
>
> Bracketing saved the day for me. I thought about using bracket earlier
> but thought that ? operator would take precedence. Obviously that was
> not the case. I agree with your advice on readability but there are
> times that the code file becomes so big, I become more inclined to
> using condensed code like above. But that only helps reduce the file
> size and takes so much time and effort while working through. Thanks
> guys.
>
> R. Kaushik

R. Kaushik <proware@del2.vsnl.net.in> wrote:
> Bracketing saved the day for me. I thought about using bracket earlier
> but thought that ? operator would take precedence. Obviously that was
> not the case. I agree with your advice on readability but there are
> times that the code file becomes so big, I become more inclined to
> using condensed code like above. But that only helps reduce the file
> size and takes so much time and effort while working through. Thanks
> guys.