userName = userNodes[i].firstChild ? userNodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue : '';that is the way that my script that I am modifying makes the username, but I have never seen anything that looks like that before. Can someone explain it in a dumbed down way?
That looks like a JavaScript or JQuery Ternary (Maybe even C)?
sorry forgot to say its jquery, because i need to find a way to get the user’s avatars
It’s setting a variable to one of two values using a ternary operator
condition ? if true : if falseuserName = userNodes[i].firstChild ? userNodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue : '';
// set userName to ...
// if userNodes[i].firstChild is defined/truthy: userNodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue
// else: empty string