Some fun with conditional operator (perlop).
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $xa=0.9;
my $xb=0.7;
my $xc=0.5;

my @triplet = ($xa,$xb,$xc);
my $m = (
    ($xa>$xb and $xa>$xc)?
        0:
        ($xb>$xc?
            1:
            2)
);
print "$triplet[$m] is largest\nvalues are ",
    sprintf("%.2f, %.2f", 
        $triplet[($m+1)%3]/$triplet[$m],
        $triplet[($m+2)%3]/$triplet[$m]);

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Update: typo in code
Update2: better perf 
my $m = (
    $xa>$xb?
        ($xa>$xc?0:2):
        ($xb>$xc?1:2)
);

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In reply to Re: How can I change the perl program involving if-elsif-else conditional to get correct result? by brx
in thread How can I change the perl program involving if-elsif-else conditional to get correct result? by supriyoch_2008

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