int x; printf("%d",x); #### char name[42]; printf("%s",name); #### use strict; use warnings; use Devel::Peek; my $str = ""; Dump($str); $str = "Fred Bloggs"; Dump($str); $str = "This is a much, much longer string"; Dump($str); $str = ""; Dump($str); undef $str; Dump($str);