"${foo}" #### "$foo" #### print qq|...contatc=|. uri_escape( $address ) .qq|...|; #### printf qq|...contatc=%s...|, uri_escape( $address ); #### my $address_uri = uri_escape( $address ); print qq|...contatc=$address_uri...|; #### print qq|...contatc=${\( uri_escape( $address ) )}...|;