Hi,
My understanding of the ternary operator is (test) ? <do if true> : <do if false>

But in the code below I am not convinced the way it is working. Infact, it is working like (test) ? <do if false> : <do if true>

Monks, please bear with my ignorance... 

my $fname       = "My First Name";
my $mname       = "My Middle Name";
my $lname       = "My Last Name";

&tst_array1 ($fname, $mname, $lname);
&tst_array2 ($fname, $mname, $lname);
&tst_array3 ($fname, $mname, $lname);

sub tst_array1 {
    my ($param1, $param2, $param3);
    $param1 = shift;
    @_ ? $param2 = "Shift" : $param2 = shift;
    @_ ? $param3 = "Shift" : $param3 = shift;
    print "In tst_array1:\n$param1, $param2, $param3\n";
}

sub tst_array2 {
    my ($param1, $param2, $param3);
    $param1 = shift;
    @_ ? $param2 = shift : $param2 = "Shift";
    @_ ? $param3 = shift : $param3 = "Shift";
    print "In tst_array2:\n$param1, $param2, $param3\n";
}

sub tst_array3 {
    $param1 = shift;
    print "\@_ = @_: \$param1 = $param1\n";
    $param2 = shift;
    print "\@_ = @_: \$param2 = $param2\n";
    $param3 = shift;
    print "\@_ = @_: \$param3 = $param3\n";
    print "In tst_array3:\n$param1, $param2, $param3\n";
}

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The result:
In tst_array1: 
My First Name, My Middle Name, My Last Name

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In tst_array2: 
My First Name, Shift, Shift
@_ = My Middle Name My Last Name: $param1 = My First Name
@_ = My Last Name: $param2 = My Middle Name
@_ = : $param3 = My Last Name

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In tst_array3: 
My First Name, My Middle Name, My Last Name

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janitored by ybiC: Moved <code> tags such that they're only around codeblocks, and balanced <readmore> tags also. Retitled from "Perl Ternary operator" as per consideration

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