Lua, if statement idiom

local a = {}local b = {}local c,d = (a~=nil) and 1,1 or 0,0 -- prints "1 1"local c,d = (a==nil) and 1,1 or 0,0 -- prints "false 1"print(c,d)

I get why this happens. Is there a way to print "0 0"?