sub pi { 'apple 3.1415936535897532'; } my $str = "I like breadnbutter. I like toasted ham. I like @{[pi]}"; print $str, $/; #### I like breadnbutter. I like toasted ham. I like apple 3.1415936535897532 #### I like bread and butter. I like toast and jam. I like pi #### sub pi { 'apple 3.1415936535897532'; } my $Nov_Pi = 'pumpkin pie'; # Make anonymous array ref with output of pi(). Then de-ref the array. my $str = "I like breadnbutter. I like toasted ham. I like @{[pi]}"; # Concatenate a scalar. my $Nov_str = "I also like $Nov_Pi"; print $str, $/, $Nov_str, $/;