my $n = 10;
for my $i (1..$n) {
    printf "'%s lt %s' is %s\n", $i, $n, $i lt $n ? "true":"false";
}
__END__
'1 lt 10' is true
'2 lt 10' is false
'3 lt 10' is false
'4 lt 10' is false
'5 lt 10' is false
'6 lt 10' is false
'7 lt 10' is false
'8 lt 10' is false
'9 lt 10' is false
'10 lt 10' is false