John W. Krahn wrote:
yitzle wrote:
Works:
my $t = shift;
my $id = qr($t);
Doesn't work:
my $id = qr(shift);
Why?
perldoc -q "How do I expand function calls in a string"
It's because qr is not a function, it's a quote-like operator.
Also see `perldoc perlop` and search for 'Quote and Quote-like Operators' and
'qr/STRING/imosx'.
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