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in reply to if statement confusion

B::Deparse (Tip # 6 from Basic debugging checklist) 
perl -MO=Deparse -e '6 < 8 ? $ans = "true" : $ans = "false";'

($ans = 'true') = 'false';

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Try: 

$ans = 6 < 8 ? "true" : "false";

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Conditional Operator

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom