- q
Strings - Single quoted
print 'one string'; # one string print 'a\n'; # a\n print 'a $name'; # a $name print 'another "string"'; # another "string"
There are only two special characters in this kind of string the ' and the \ at the end of the string
print 'a'b'; # ERROR - perl will see the string 'a' # and something attached to it print 'a\'b'; # a'b print q(His "variable" name '$name'\n); # His "variable" name is '$name'\n