Re^2: How can we interpolate an expression??

Can't we make your first "say ..." statement to print like the second one?? When we do this: -

say "number is $number";
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It simply replaces the $number with its value.. Shouldn't it do the same for an expression.. or we have to do it in some different way?

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Re^3: How can we interpolate an expression?? by kennethk (Abbot) on Sep 20, 2012 at 18:31 UTC
If the interpreter implemented the interpolation you are specifying, then how could I as a programmer make it output the string `Product is 5 * 3`? There'd be some pretty non-intuitive side effects. Kenosis below has given you a way to be clever, but this is all getting a little clever for my taste. For complex output, I usually prefer going all the way to printf since, after all, you desire a formatted print. So maybe `printf "number is %d\n", $number * $multiplier;`. toolic's solution still strikes me as pretty clean as well. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: How can we interpolate an expression?? by Rohit Jain (Sexton) on Sep 20, 2012 at 18:39 UTC
Yeah it's right that its not worth making simple thing complex.. But just wanted to know whether there is a way to do it. Just for the sake of knowing. Anyways I am going to use the other way. And what you are saying about that printf, I haven't reached there, so didn't knew that also existed in Perl. Will sure be interesting to use that.. For now, I am using concatenation using '.' or ',' Thanks Anyways :)	[reply]