Chas. Owens wrote:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $s = 'foo
$bar
baz';
print "$s\n";
$s = <<'END_OF_STRING';
$s used to hold just:
foo
$bar
baz
END_OF_STRING
print $s;
It should be noted that those methods are not quite equivalent.
C:\home>type test.pl
my $s = 'My programs are stored in
C:\\Program Files
';
print $s;
$s = <<'EOS';
My programs are stored in
C:\\Program Files
EOS
print $s;
C:\home>perl test.pl
My programs are stored in
C:\Program Files
My programs are stored in
C:\\Program Files
C:\home>
A single quotes here-document is the safest way to ensure that nothing
gets changed.
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