Perl Language Strings and quoting methods String Literal Quoting
Example
String literals imply no escaping or interpolation ( with the exception of quoting string terminators )
print 'This is a string literal\n'; # emits a literal \ and n to terminal
print 'This literal contains a \'postraphe '; # emits the ' but not its preceding \
You can use alternative quoting mechanisms to avoid clashes:
print q/This is is a literal \' <-- 2 characters /; # prints both \ and '
print q^This is is a literal \' <-- 2 characters ^; # also
Certain chosen quote characters are "balanced"
print q{ This is a literal and I contain { parens! } }; # prints inner { }
