C:\_32\pscrpt>perl test.pl SV = PV(0x26cf98) at 0x5311f8 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (POK,pPOK) PV = 0x267e88 "'9\302\271\243\"\211\224\255\264>\0\0\0\0\0\0'"\0 CUR = 18 LEN = 20 Use of uninitialized value $_ in print at -e line 1.