Re: here-doc question

If you put the initial DATA in single quotes, interpolation goes away.

my $store = <<'DATA';
$this_wont_be_interpolated
DATA
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This is explained in better detail in perlop, under the HERE-doc section. The options for here-doc quoting are "double quote" style interpolation (default), "single quote" style non-interpolation, and back-tick style.

Dave

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Re^2: here-doc question by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 17, 2009 at 07:48 UTC
Note the side-effect that "`\`" ceases to be special. `my $baz = 'interpolated'; print <<__EOI__; Double quoted or unquoted $baz foo\\bar __EOI__ print("\n"); print <<'__EOI__'; Single quoted $baz foo\\bar __EOI__` [download] `Double quoted or unquoted interpolated foo\bar Single quoted $baz foo\\bar` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: here-doc question
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 17, 2009 at 07:48 UTC

\

my $baz = 'interpolated';

print <<__EOI__;
Double quoted or unquoted
$baz
foo\\bar
__EOI__

print("\n");

print <<'__EOI__';
Single quoted
$baz
foo\\bar
__EOI__
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Double quoted or unquoted
interpolated
foo\bar

Single quoted
$baz
foo\\bar
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