conditional operator (thing)

The conditional operator is important when you want your programs to utilize correct grammar. Most prominently, when differentiatiating between plural and singular forms. So rather than "There are 1 values greater than 10," or "There is 5 value less than 20," you can use conditional operators to keep you from sounding like an idiot:

(value == 1 ? "is" : "are")
(value == 1 ? "value" : "values")

So when "value" (whatever it is) is equivalent to one (one apple, one truck, one SCV), the singular form will be chosen; when it is more (or less) than one (3 accidents, 25 bills, 0 dollars), the plural form will print.

Correctly, now: There is one value; there are 5 values.