$youngMan = YoungMan->new( -from => "Nantucket" ); #### if ($you{understand}) { @things = qw(such as they are); } else { @things = qw(such as they are); } #### use strict; my %you = ( understand => rand(2) % 2 ); our @things; if ($you{understand}) { @things = @things; } elsif (not $you{understand}) { @things = @things; } #### @things = @things if $you{understand}; @things = @things if not $you{understand}; #### @things = ($you{understand}) ? @things : @things; #### @things = @things; #### @things; #### #### $ perl -e ''