tied VARIABLE Returns a reference to the object underlying VARIABLE (the same value that was originally returned by the

NAME

do BLOCK Not really a function. Returns the value of the last command in the sequence of commands indicated by BLOCK. When modified by the

NAME

join EXPR,LIST Joins the separate strings of LIST into a single string with fields separated by the value of EXPR, and returns that new string

NAME

NAME

endservent These routines are the same as their counterparts in the system C library. In list context, the return values from the various

IO::Handle->output_field_separator( EXPR )

$^P The internal variable for debugging support. The meanings of the various bits are subject to change, but currently indicate: