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Perl variables

    

A variable holds a value for you.
$lang indicates that lang is a variable. 
The leading dollar sign, $, indicates that this variable is a scalar variable.
A scalar variable holds a single value. 
Scalars in Perl hold a single number or a single string of characters. 
Perl treats the entire string as a single value.
Arrays are another class of Perl variables.
Arrays store a list of numbers or text strings.








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