c++ question what does this mean?

[incus]

z=z<0?0:z
i know that this isnt an openGL question but it is in some opengl code that i am trying to incoorperate into my program. i know that it is an if else statement but am unsure of how to read it.
incus

[rts]

z = z < 0 ? 0 : z

is exactly equivalent to

if (z < 0)
{
z = 0
}
else
{
z = z;
}

[incus]

thanks

[nexusone]

That one problem I have with C++ or OPP, to cryptic, sort of like short hand C.
Also makes the programs hard to follow.

Originally posted by rts:
z = z < 0 ? 0 : z

is exactly equivalent to

if (z < 0)
{
z = 0
}
else
{
z = z;
}

[Deiussum]

Huh? The ?: notation is a C thing, not C++. Has nothing at all to do with OOP. It's basically just a short-hand notation for if/then/else.