print

print [filehandle] list

• Prints a string or a comma-separated list of strings to the specified filehandle. If no filehandle is given, the function prints to the currently open filehandle (STDOUT initially). The function returns if successful, otherwise. filehandle may be a scalar variable name (unsubscripted), in which case the variable contains either the name of the actual filehandle or a reference to a filehandle object from one of the object-oriented filehandle packages. filehandle may also be a block that returns either kind of value:
  
  

  print {
   $OK ? "STDOUT" : "STDERR"
  }
  "stuff\n";
  print {
   $iohandle[$i]
  }
  "stuff\n";
  

  
  
  If list is also omitted, $_ is printed. Note that, because print takes a list, anything in the list is evaluated in list context.