This is an automatically generated page and cannot be edited directly. Text in Composite pages, (URLs starting with 'routine' or 'syntax') can be edited by clicking on the link labeled 'in context', and editing the text there.

Exit this popup by pressing <Escape>, or clicking on X or on the background.

qqw
Combined from primary sources listed below.

In Quoting constructs§

See primary documentation in context for Word quoting with interpolation: qqw

The qw form of word quoting doesn't interpolate variables:

my $a = 42; say qw{$a b c};  # OUTPUT: «$a b c␤»

Thus, if you wish for variables to be interpolated within the quoted string, you need to use the qqw variant:

my $a = 42;
my @list = qqw{$a b c};
say @list;                # OUTPUT: «[42 b c]␤»

Note that variable interpolation happens before word splitting:

my $a = "a b";
my @list = qqw{$a c};
.say for @list; # OUTPUT: «a␤b␤c␤»