Yoda condition

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Etymology[edit]

In allusion to the somewhat grammatically reversed speech style of Yoda, a character in the Star Wars franchise.

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Yoda condition (plural Yoda conditions)

  1. (programming, informal) A logical condition with the usual order of operands reversed — e.g. if (18 == age) rather than if (age == 18) — for various reasons, such as avoiding accidental misuse of = (assignment) instead of == (equality), a mistake that is harder to spot when using the normal order of operands.

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