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Elvis operator

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In certain computer programming languages, the Elvis operator, often written ?:, is a binary operator that evaluates its first operand and returns it if its value is logically true (according to a language-dependent convention, in other words, a truthy value), and otherwise evaluates and returns its second operand. The second operand is only evaluated if it is to be returned (short-circuit evaluation). The notation of the Elvis operator was inspired by the ternary conditional operator, ? :, since the Elvis operator expression A ?: B is approximately equivalent to the ternary conditional expression A ? A : B.