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But sorry "plain variable" is blah.

I was using my own wording for the distinction.

perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'

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Re^5: Thx, St. Larry, for the Beauty of Sigils
by LanX (Saint) on Jul 27, 2019 at 14:32 UTC
    Ok so please explain "plain" in your own wording.

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

      No, since you already got the meaning.

      perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'
        blah

        Cheers Rolf
        (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
        Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice