say "Hello @{[ join(', ', @names) ]} how are you?"; #### use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; my @names = qw( ikegami ); say "Hello @{[ join(', ', @names) ]} how are you?"; my $user_input = q{Hello @{[ join(', ', @names) ]} how are you?}; say $user_input; #### Hello ikegami how are you? Hello @{[ join(', ', @names) ]} how are you?