It just makes dealing with quotes alot easier. And you don't need to escape the extra quotes within it. For example,
print "value=\"true\""; print qq!value="true"!; print qq/value="true"/; are all the same. The qq uses the next character instead of the " character. Then you must end the line with the same character you started with. (qq!....!, qq/..../, qq~....~) Sorry, it's hard to explain in an email. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Lyles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 7:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Definition Ok, Sorry about that Anyway what do you mean perldoc -f qq? what does the ~qq mean? ----- Original Message ----- From: "fliptop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bill Lyles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:53 PM Subject: Re: Definition > Bill Lyles wrote: > > > href="file://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\"> > > As I am somewhat new to perl > > > > can someone tell me what this means > > > > $header = qq~ > > > > I understand the header but what is the qq~ for? > > > perldoc -f qq > > btw, it's considered bad form to send html-ized email to the list. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
