Re^3: The $_ Special Variable

[ikegami]

in reply to Re^2: The $_ Special Variable
in thread The $_ Special Variable

So the $_ variable is more or less the same as any other variable?

Yes, there's nothing inherently special about it*. It's simply the variable many ops use if no alternate is specified.

* — Like other punctuation variables, it transcends packages. That's a bit special, but it's not all that relevant in practice.