Perl constant array

Question

use constant {
    COLUMNS => qw/ TEST1 TEST2 TEST3 /,
}

Can I store an array using the constant package in Perl?

Whenever I go on to try to use the array like my @attr = (COLUMNS);, it does not contain the values.

Answer 1

Or remove the curly braces as the docs show :-

  1 use strict;
  2 use constant COLUMNS => qw/ TEST1 TEST2 TEST3 /;
  3 
  4 my @attr = (COLUMNS);
  5 print @attr;

which gives :-

 % perl test.pl
TEST1TEST2TEST3

Your code actually defines two constants COLUMNS and TEST2 :-

use strict;
use constant { COLUMNS => qw/ TEST1 TEST2 TEST3 /, };

my @attr = (COLUMNS);
print @attr;
print TEST2

and gives :-

% perl test.pl
TEST1TEST3