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Perl Programming/Keywords/say
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Perl s scalar Keywords
The say keyword
say is similar to print, but adds automatically a newline character. Using a real FILEHANDLE like FH instead of an indirect one like $fh without a LIST results in printing the contents of $_ to the file.
To use this command, a use 5.10 should be added.
Syntax
say FILEHANDLE LIST
say FILEHANDLE
say LIST
say
Examples
The code
$a = "I am waiting for you! ";
$b = "You are late again. ";
print $a;
print $b;
say $a;
say $b; returns I am waiting for you! You are late again. I am waiting for you!
You are late again.
See also
print
printf
sprintf
Perl s scalar Keywords