Hello

I don't think this statement is 100% correct. Perl won't interpolate between single quotes when assigning to a variable. However, if the single quotes are inside double-quotes or a set of backticks, it will interpolate. See the following.

my $x = "this is the x variable";
my $y = 'single quote of $x';
my $z = "echo '$x'\n";

print $x, "\n";
print $y, "\n";
print $z;

print `echo '$x'`;
print `$z`;

__DATA__
this is the x variable
single quote of $x
echo 'this is the x variable'
this is the x variable
this is the x variable

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note that the assignment to $z does interpolate $x, as does the backtick call to 'echo'

-j

In reply to Re^2: Perl and PHP playing together by jimbojones
in thread Perl and PHP playing together by monger

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