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It appears that v<number> is some kind of internal equivalent to chr(number)

Version Strings

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Re^2: Undocumented Perl Functionality
by bobo999 (Initiate) on Mar 16, 2021 at 16:46 UTC
    Thanks for your response. Version strings are not covered/documented in any of my programming Perl books so no wonder I couldn't find any information about them. It's time to get the latest Perl book!
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      It's time to get the latest Perl book!

      AFAICT, they first showed up in the 3rd Edition Camel as "V-String Literals" and in the 4th ed as "Version Literals".

      And by the way, welcome to the Monastery!

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        Version strings are not covered/documented in any of my programming Perl books ..

      I have the fourth edition of the Camel (February 2012), and v-string is defined on page 1080. :)

      Alex / talexb / Toronto

      Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.

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