trying to come up with an algorithm for a foor loop

[twilit tapir]

kind of hard to explain waht im doing but i wanna make a for loop like this

for (int i = 0; i < IDK; i ++) {
    
}

Now i want some variable say int bruh;

when bruh >= 8, then the for loop runs as if IDK = 8, however if bruh < 8, then the foor loop runs as if IDK = bruh, idk if that makes sense but eyah

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[grizzled chasm]

that means your condition is

i < std::min(bruh, 8)

oh wait, this is C, so I guess you can do

int limit = bruh < 8 ? bruh : 8;
// ...
i < limit

anyhow, it just means you're taking the lower of the two values and using that as the limit

[twilit tapir]

would you be able to elaborate a bit on what that syntax means?

[sage musk]

What Is the Conditional Operator?

The conditional operator, (colloquially called ternary operator) of the form Condition ? T : F evaluates T if the Condition is true, otherwise F.

The result of the whole expression is either the expression T or F. This also means that T and F must have compatible types.

Example

A classic use case for the conditional operator is the min function.

int min(int a, int b) {
    return a < b ? a : b;
}

This function chooses a if a is lower than b, or b otherwise.

Benefits over If-Statements

• more concise code
• makes it easier to be const-correct

Downsides

• can be hard to read, especially when nested and formatted poorly