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my @array = qw/ element1 element2 element3 /;
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my @array = ();
push @array, 'element1';
push @array, 'element2';
push @array, 'element3';
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my $pattern = join '|', @final_array;
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s/pattern1|pattern2|pattern3/replace/g;
# which is equivalent to
my $patterns = "pattern1|pattern2|pattern3";
s/$patterns/replace/g;