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[-] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

~~return a and a or b~~ → return a or b

correction from @murtaza64

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

It's probably valid javascript that returns "-1" or the empty string depending on if "b" is undefined or null

[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You don't need the and right? Can't it just be return a or b

This doesn't work if a is falsy non-null actually

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

it’s just return a and b or c is the closest Lua has to a ternary operator, but yes, for the above you could shorten it to return a or b (“or returns the first argument if true, otherwise second argument is returned”)

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