#!/usr/bin/env perl use utf8; use strict; use warnings; MAIN: { my $a = 3; my $b = 5; print "a < b ? -1 : 1 => ", ($a < $b ? -1 : 1), "\n"; print "b < a ? -1 : 1 => ", ($b < $a ? -1 : 1), "\n"; print "a < b ? 'less' : 'greater' => ", ($a < $b ? "less" : "greater"), "\n"; print "b < a ? 'less' : 'greater' => ", ($b < $a ? "less" : "greater"), "\n"; }