[Solved] Why does this basic Java boolean expression not work?

Question

The ternary conditional operator must return a value. The second and third operands can’t be statements that don’t return anything. They must be expressions that return a value.

You could switch it to :

System.out.println(banana ? "True" : "False");

Note that banana == true || false is equivalent to banana == true, which is equivalent to banana as banana itself is a boolean type.

Accepted Answer

The ternary conditional operator must return a value. The second and third operands can’t be statements that don’t return anything. They must be expressions that return a value.

You could switch it to :

System.out.println(banana ? "True" : "False");

Note that banana == true || false is equivalent to banana == true, which is equivalent to banana as banana itself is a boolean type.