in search of a more elegant if then else

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi all, for a while now i've been using quite a clumsy if then else block:

my $var;
if ( condition ) {
    $var = value1;
} else {
    $var = value2;
}
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is there a better way of getting this done? it seems clumsy to me.