C++ ternary conditional

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In C++, ternary conditional/operator ?: can be understood by the following:

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int a = 2, b = 1;
int c = a > b ? a-- : b--;
cout << a << ", " << b << ", " << c << endl; // 1, 1, 2

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int a = 2, b = 1;
int c = a <= b ? a-- : b--;
cout << a << ", " << b << ", " << c << endl; // 2, 0, 1