PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words - Word list constructor quote-like operator

# [INHERITANCE](#INHERITANCE)

```
  PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words
  isa PPI::Token::QuoteLike
      isa PPI::Token
          isa PPI::Element
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

A "PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words" object represents a quote-like operator that acts as a constructor for a list of words.

```
  # Create a list for a significant chunk of the alphabet
  my @list = qw{a b c d e f g h i j k l};
```

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

## [literal](#literal)

Returns the words contained as a list. Note that this method does not check the context that the token is in; it always returns the list and not merely the last element if the token is in scalar context.

# [SUPPORT](#SUPPORT)

See the support section in the main module.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

2026-08-18 perl v5.44.0

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Document: PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Words(3pm) from perl-ppi 1.291-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/Perl-Critic/PPI