#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; my $d = "This is a double-quote string\n"; my $s = 'This is a single-quote (apostrophe) string' . "\n"; print $d; print $s; # Results ... BEGIN { $^W = 1; } use warnings; use strict 'refs'; my $d = "This is a double-quote string\n"; my $s = "This is a single-quote (apostrophe) string\n"; print $d; print $s; quotes.pl syntax OK