in reply to # in qw

ObMapHack:

If all your elements start with '#' you can rip it out, then put it back in using map....

for (map {"#$_"} qw(FF0000 00FF00 0000FF))
As in:
#!/usr/bin/perl -wT use strict; print "$_ " for (map {"#$_"} qw(FF0000 00FF00 0000FF)); print "\n"; =output #FF0000 #00FF00 #0000FF

-Blake