Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom> wrote in news:chrishuff-
A44### [at] netplexaussieorg:

> In article <3d9c22b8@news.povray.org>, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
> wrote:
> 
>> > And I've never used the "?:" operator.
>>   Why not? It's handy. :)
> 
> Never needed it. Expressions using it are much less readable IMO, and 
> I've never had a situation where using if...else was significantly 
> longer or more awkward.

printf("There is %d object%s\n", objNb, objNb > 1 ? "s" : "");

Alternatives: use two printf (may be better if you need to localize it, some 
languages may not use the same plural rules) or an intermediate variable.
I don't like much the "object(s)" syntax when I can avoid it. Even less the 
"1 objects" form...

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