$x= cond() ? this() : that();
# vs.
if(  cond()  ) {
    $x= this();
} else {
    $x= that();
}

##</code><code>##

my $x= cond() ? this() : that();
# vs.
my $x;
if(  cond()  ) {
    $x= this();
} else {
    $x= that();
}

##</code><code>##

$x= cond() ? this() : that();
# vs.
sub pick {
    if(  cond()  ) {
        return this();
    } else {
        return that();
    }
}
$x= pick();

##</code><code>##

my $x= DoSomething(
    cond() ? this() : that(),
    $whatever,
    foo() ? bar() : baz(),
    $blah,
);

##</code><code>##

s{
    # Some fairly complex parsing regex
}{
    my( ... )= ( $1, $2, $3, $4 );
    if( ... ) {
        ...
        "replacementString";
    } elsif( ... ) {
        ...
        "differentReplacement";
    } else {
        "somethingElse";
    }
}gex;