The conditional operator (or ternary operator) in C

main.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    int x, y;
    scanf("%d", &x);
    scanf("%d", &y);
    
    int max = x > y ? x : y;
    /*if (x > y) {
        max = x;
    } else {
        max = y;
    }*/
    printf("Maximum is %d\n", max);
    return 0;
}