Perl Quote Words List Function

What is qw() Function in Perl programming?

Explanation

The qw() function is used to quote a list of words to get stored in an array.

Syntax:


qw string;

In the above syntax qw() function takes a string as an argument.

Example :


#! C:programfilesperlbinperl
print "content-type: text/htmlnn";
@color = qw(Green Orange Blue Pink);
foreach $key (@color)
{
print "$keyn";
print "<br>";
}
Result :

Green
Orange
Blue
Pink

In the above example keeping the space as the delimiter the string is seperated to individual elements and stored in an array.

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