Re: What does $_ = qq~"$

qq is the generic double quoting operator. It's "" with using different delimiters. So the line $_ = qq~"$_"~; encloses whatever text is in $_ with double quotes. It's the same as $_ = "\"$_\""; without having to escape the " characters.

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Re^2: What does $_ = qq~"$_"~ do? by mkj (Initiate) on May 28, 2019 at 03:40 UTC
I was completely overthinking it - thanks for clarifying.	[reply]
Re^3: What does $_ = qq~"$_"~ do? by Anonymous Monk on May 31, 2019 at 00:49 UTC
I was completely overthinking it - thanks for clarifying. Hi, There is a list for overthinking avoidance :) Basic debugging checklist `perl -MO=Deparse - $_ = qq~"$_"~; __END__ $_ = qq["$_"];` [download] ppi_dumper is also great at hints `$ ppi_dumper input_file PPI::Document PPI::Statement PPI::Token::Magic '$_' PPI::Token::Whitespace ' ' PPI::Token::Operator '=' PPI::Token::Whitespace ' ' PPI::Token::Quote::Interpolate 'qq~"$_"~' PPI::Token::Structure ';'` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]