use Data::Dumper; my $ip1 = qw(172.16.1.2); my $ip2 = qq(172.16.1.2); my $ip3 = qw(172.16.1.2 172.16.1.3); my $ip4 = qq(172.16.1.2 172.16.1.3); print Dumper($ip1, $ip2, $ip3, $ip4); __END__ $VAR1 = '172.16.1.2'; $VAR2 = '172.16.1.2'; Useless use of a constant ("172.16.1.2") in void context at - line 4. $VAR3 = '172.16.1.3'; $VAR4 = '172.16.1.2 172.16.1.3';