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[scottiedog45]

This line is not compiling and I have no clue why : var phoneOrTablet : String = Resources.getSystem().getBoolean(R.bool.isTablet) ? "Tablet" : "Phone"

[Daniel Garibaldi]

you can write it like this

[Daniel Garibaldi]

val phoneOrTablet = if(Resources.getSystem().getBoolean(R.bool.isTablet) ) "Tablet" else "Phone"

[Daniel Garibaldi]

no need to specify the type, and no need to declare a VAR

[Daniel Garibaldi]

or use a function

fun phoneOrTablet() = if(Resources.getSystem().getBoolean(R.bool.isTablet) ) "Tablet" else "Phone"

[Daniel Garibaldi]

you dont need to hold that value in a variable if you use it only once

[Mike]

Bottom-line. Kotlin doesn’t have a ternary operator because if is an expression. if is unambiguous and clear to understand whereas the ternary operator has been learned, and therefore, but isn’t.

Also, reduces potential confusion with the Elvis ?: operator.