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So now that we've determined that "$ x" behaves differently from "@ x", why stop there? 

  DB<1> $x = 'DollarX'

  DB<2> @x = 'a'..'g'

  DB<3> %x = qw(1 a 2 b 3 c)

  DB<4> sub x { print "This is Sub x\n" }

  DB<5> p "<$x> <@x> <%x> <&x>"
<DollarX> <a b c d e f g> <%x> <&x>
  DB<6> p "<$ x> <@ x> <% x> <& x>"
<DollarX> <@ x> <% x> <& x>
  DB<7> p "$ #x"
Final $ should be \$ or $name at (eval 12)[C:/Perl/lib/perl5db.pl:17] 
+line 2, within string
syntax error at (eval 12)[C:/Perl/lib/perl5db.pl:17] line 2, near "}  
+"$ #x""

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So "$ x" is the only one this works for, and it breaks for "$ #x", even though that looks like a scalar (and it probably shouldn't break!). But "$ x[0]" produces "a", and so does "$ x{1}".

I'm sure there's some Good Reason Why This Is So...Perhaps it's easy to figure out what to do with "$x", but there are more options with "@x". The string interpolation aspect of ignoring whitespace was probably not updated when "@x" interpolation was added. [I secretly hoped Merlyn would have the skinny on that -- but I'm sure he would have said so.]

-QM
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In reply to Re: Surprising whitespace behavior by QM
in thread Surprising whitespace behavior by steves

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