David Bernhardt
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Created by David Bernhardt on 10/19/2023 in #help
❔ Why I can´t use TryParse with a ternary if
It´s a really novice question but I don´t get why this works fine with a normal if: 
string[] values = { "12,3", "45", "ABC", "11", "DEF" };

decimal total = 0;
string msg = "";
foreach (string value in values)
{
    decimal parsedValue;

    if (decimal.TryParse(value, out parsedValue))
    {
        total += parsedValue;
    }
    else
    {
        msg += value;
    }
}

Console.WriteLine($"Total: {total}");
Console.WriteLine($"Message: {msg}");
string[] values = { "12,3", "45", "ABC", "11", "DEF" };

decimal total = 0;
string msg = "";
foreach (string value in values)
{
    decimal parsedValue;

    if (decimal.TryParse(value, out parsedValue))
    {
        total += parsedValue;
    }
    else
    {
        msg += value;
    }
}

Console.WriteLine($"Total: {total}");
Console.WriteLine($"Message: {msg}");
But replacing it with 
decimal.TryParse(value, out parsedValue) ? total += parsedValue : msg += value;
decimal.TryParse(value, out parsedValue) ? total += parsedValue : msg += value;
Does not work
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