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'If Else' ternary operator inside EventListener not working

Came across this situation and can't figure why this works:

window.addEventListener( 'scroll', () => {
    const pageHeight = window.pageYOffset
     if ( pageHeight  > 10 ) {
      console.log(pageHeight)
     }
} )

And this doesn't:

window.addEventListener( 'scroll', () => {
    const pageHeight = window.pageYOffset
    pageHeight > 10 ? console.log(pageHeight)
} )
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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Because ternary operators require that you define a "else" clause. Look at the documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Conditional_Operator

You can do

window.addEventListener( 'scroll', () => {
    const pageHeight = window.pageYOffset
    pageHeight > 10 ? console.log(pageHeight) : null
} )

For this case you can also use short-circuiting and do

window.addEventListener( 'scroll', () => {
    const pageHeight = window.pageYOffset
    pageHeight > 10 && console.log(pageHeight)
} )
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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