Ternary operator

Problem statement

Most languages have support for simple conditions:

if x then y else z

Popular languages also support combining a condition to return a particular value for assignment, using the ternary operator:

x ? y : z

• Does JMESPath support the ternary operator?
• How to assign based on a condition?

How to

JMESPath supports logical operators with Or Expression || and And Expressions &&.

JMESPath has a peculiar concept of falsy values. A falsy value corresponds to any of the following conditions:

• Empty list: []
• Empty object: {}
• Empty string: ""
• Boolean False: false
• Null value: null

A truthy value corresponds to any value that is not false.

With that in mind, you can emulate the ternary operator like so:

(x && y) || z