Yoda condition

Meaning

Noun

• A condition with the usual order of operands reversed — e.g. if (18 == age) rather than if (age == 18) — so as to avoid the accidental misuse of = (assignment) instead of == (equality), a mistake that is harder to spot when using the normal order of operands.

Origin

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