I don't know if I gave this a correct title or not, but this is what I want to do. Let's say I have code as follows: 
my $var1 = 1;
my $var2 = 2;
my $result = $var1 + $var2;
my $equation = &SOME_SORT_OF_SPECIAL_FUNCTION($result);
print "$equation\n";
print "$result\n";

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I want my output to be:
$var1 + $var2
3

or better yet:
var1 + var2
3

What I am looking for is an existing Perl function and/or module and/or method that will, what I term, 'auto-escape' the value of any variable I pass to it, OR take it's literal contents, and if possible, get rid of any dollar-signs or brackets or braces. This is a simple example. My application would require auto-escaping of some more complex data structures, such as array and hash values. Thanks in advance for your help. I'm trying to comb the archives, but again, I don't know what this is officially called.

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In reply to auto-escaping?? by goonfest

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