How do I compose multiple if-else statements using the C-style ternary operator?
Say, $status can have the following values:
2 meaning "HIGH",
1 meaning "MODERATE", or
0 meaning "LOW".
How can I concisely code to print the message given the $status variable.
Here is my attempt, which prints the correct status, but is followed by a 1. What is this return value and why does it get printed?!
print eval { ($status == 2) ? print "HIGH " :
(($status == 1) ? print "MODERATE " :
print "LOW "
)
};
With $status = 0, this prints:
"LOW 1"
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