Verify a certain number of command line arguments without using if statement

[L1bXjE8b]

I would like to verify a certain number of command line arguments are given, but without using an if statement or similar. I want to change something like this:

if ( argv < 2 ) {
    cerr << "Enter more command line arguments.";
}

Is there any way to achieve this without using an if statement?

[LB]

You could use the ?: operator but why would you want to? An if statement is the correct way to do this and using anything else would decrease the readability of your program.

[L1bXjE8b]

It does decrease the readability, but it takes a segment of code from O(n) down to O(1). Are there any standard functions built into C++ that could solve this?

[Duthomhas]

You are wasting time.

First, go and profile your program and show that the if statement causes a significant performance hit when initializing your program.

(You will never be able to do that.)

Use the if statement.