($a>50) ($b==20) ($c eq 'cat') #### use strict; use warnings; { my $a = 20; my $b = 20; my $c = 'dog'; open IN, "<", 'input.txt' or die "can't open file\n"; while (my $line = ){ my $statement = $line; chomp ($statement); print "$statement\n"; ##Confusing if ($statement){ print "true\n"; } } }