What does this line of code mean?

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Solution

It's shorthand. In the example you gave, it is equivalent to:

if (gen_rand_uniform() > 0.5) {
    b = 1;
} else {
    b = 0;
}

Since `gen_rand_uniform()` probably generates uniformly distributed random numbers between `1` and `0`, there's a 50% chance of the value being higher than 0.5. Which means there's a 50% chance of getting a `1` or a `0`

Problem

I am wondering what this line of code mean? ``` b = (gen_rand_uniform()>0.5)?1:0; ``` The `gren_rand_uniform()` is a function to generate random 0 and 1 numbers. However I don't get the meaning for `>0.5` and `1:0`. I know this is supposed to be a basic question, please bear with me. Thanks!

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