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#!/usr/bin/perl
# [[[ PREPROCESSOR ]]]
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'have $foo = howdy hello ahoy' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: "have $bar = $foo !~ m/owdy/gxms = ''" >>>
# [[[ HEADER ]]]
use RPerl;
use strict;
our $VERSION = 0.001_000;
# [[[ CRITICS ]]]
## no critic qw(ProhibitUselessNoCritic ProhibitMagicNumbers RequireCheckedSyscalls) # USER DEFAULT 1: allow numeric values & print operator
## no critic qw(RequireInterpolationOfMetachars) # USER DEFAULT 2: allow single-quoted control characters & sigils
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
# BIND, LITERAL PATTERN
my string $foo = 'howdy hello ahoy';
my integer $bar = $foo !~ m/owdy/gxms;
print 'have $foo = ', $foo, "\n";
print q{have $bar = $foo !~ m/owdy/gxms = '}, $bar, q{'}, "\n";