[c#] Iif equivalent in C#

Is there an IIf equivalent in C#? Or similar shortcut?

booleanExpression ? trueValue : falseValue;

Example:

string itemText = count > 1 ? "items" : "item";

http://zamirsblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/c-vb-equivalent-of-iif.html

VB.NET:

If(someBool, "true", "false")

C#

someBool ? "true" : "false";

It's limited in that you can't put statements in there. You can only put values(or things that return/evaluate to values), to return

This works ('a' is a static int within class Blah)

Blah.a=Blah.a<5?1:8;

(round brackets are impicitly between the equals and the question mark).

This doesn't work.

Blah.a = Blah.a < 4 ? Console.WriteLine("asdf") : Console.WriteLine("34er");
or
Blah.a = Blah.a < 4 ? MessageBox.Show("asdf") : MessageBox.Show("34er");

So you can only use the c# ternary operator for returning values. So it's not quite like a shortened form of an if. Javascript and perhaps some other languages let you put statements in there.

Also useful is the coalesce operator ??:

VB:

Return Iif( s IsNot Nothing, s, "My Default Value" )

C#:

return s ?? "My Default Value";

the ternary operator

bool a = true;

string b = a ? "if_true" : "if_false";

It's the ternary operator ?

string newString = i == 1 ? "i is one" : "i is not one";