i cant figure out why my elsif statement isnt being executed it just executes the first if statement, im new to perl hehe 

 #!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
print "do you want to print the program's\n", "1. default strings in r
+everse order\n", "2. or enter your own to be reversed ?\n";
print "chose options 1 or 2\n";
$an1 = 1;
$an2 = 2;

$choice = <STDIN>;

if ($choice = $an2) {
    print "enter your own strings\n";
chomp(@lines = <STDIN>);

@result = reverse(@lines);
foreach $line1 (@result){
    $line1 .= "\n";
}
print "@result";
}

elsif ($choice = $an1) {
@proglines = reverse(qw ( wrda vzc rregr zfgr bzfgzffg rergrge d fgsrg
+ rwer ds vsgsrg ));

foreach $line (@proglines) {
    $line = "\t$line";
    $line .= "\n";
}
print "@proglines";
}

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