#!/usr/local/bin/perl -l my @a = (1, 2, 3); my @b = (1, 2, 4); my @c = ( "equal", "a > b", "b > a" ); print ($c[@a<=>@b]); print ($c[@b<=>@a]); print ($c[(1, 2, 3)<=>(1, 2, 4)]); print ($c[(1, 2, 4)<=>(1, 2, 3)]);