- Variable Interpolation
This is a classic between many programming languages.
When we use a double quoted string, for every variable that we put inside the string , we get variable's value as part of the output when we execute our script.
For example :
#!/usr/bin/perl
#script1 use 5.012;
my $name = "Stavros";
print "My name is $name\n";script1 output -> My name is Stavros
On the other hand , interpolation doesn't happen with single-quoted strings, for example :
#!/usr/bin/perl
#script2 use 5.012;
my $name = "Nick";
print 'My name is $name\n';script2 output -> My name is $name\n
Here both the variable name and the newline character are printed in the screen, so they are not interpolated by Perl.