#!perl -l my %k; $k{'A'} = 'Foo'; $k{'B'} = 'Bar'; $k{'C'} = 'Baz'; { # What goes for double-quotes... print "@k{qw(A B C)}"; # Foo Bar Baz local $" = ''; print "@k{qw(A B C)}"; # FooBarBaz } { # ...also goes for the regexp operators. print qr/@k{qw(A B C)}/; # Foo Bar Baz local $" = ''; print qr/@k{qw(A B C)}/; # FooBarBaz }