Enforce or disallow newlines between operands of ternary expressions (multiline-ternary)
JavaScript allows operands of ternary expressions to be separated by newlines, which can improve the readability of your program.
For example:
var foo = bar > baz ? value1 : value2;
The above can be rewritten as the following to improve readability and more clearly delineate the operands:
var foo = bar > baz ?
value1 :
value2;
Rule Details
This rule enforces or disallows newlines between operands of a ternary expression. Note: The location of the operators is not enforced by this rule. Please see the operator-linebreak rule if you are interested in enforcing the location of the operators themselves.
Options
This rule has a string option:
"always"
(default) enforces newlines between the operands of a ternary expression."never"
disallows newlines between the operands of a ternary expression (enforcing that the entire ternary expression is on one line).
always
This is the default option.
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "always"
option:
/*eslint multiline-ternary: ["error", "always"]*/
foo > bar ? value1 : value2;
foo > bar ? value :
value2;
foo > bar ?
value : value2;
Examples of correct code for this rule with the "always"
option:
/*eslint multiline-ternary: ["error", "always"]*/
foo > bar ?
value1 :
value2;
foo > bar ?
(baz > qux ?
value1 :
value2) :
value3;
never
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "never"
option:
/*eslint multiline-ternary: ["error", "never"]*/
foo > bar ? value :
value2;
foo > bar ?
value : value2;
foo >
bar ?
value1 :
value2;
Examples of correct code for this rule with the "never"
option:
/*eslint multiline-ternary: ["error", "never"]*/
foo > bar ? value1 : value2;
foo > bar ? (baz > qux ? value1 : value2) : value3;
When Not To Use It
You can safely disable this rule if you do not have any strict conventions about whether the operands of a ternary expression should be separated by newlines.
Related Rules
Compatibility
- JSCS: requireMultiLineTernary
Version
This rule was introduced in ESLint 3.1.0.