# Ternary operation | | In mathematics, a **Ternary operation** is an n-ary operation with n = 3. A ternary operation on a set A takes any given three elements of A and combines them to form a single element of A. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Ternary operation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_operation) | ## [[Programming]] ``` anIfConditionalBooleanBinaryTest : resultOrCommandToDoIfTrue ? resultOrCommandToDoIfFalse ```