PPI::Token::Magic - Tokens representing magic variables

Author

       Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

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.

perl v5.40.1                                       2025-08-10                             PPI::Token::Magic(3pm)

Description

       "PPI::Token::Magic" is a sub-class of PPI::Token::Symbol which identifies the token as "magic variable",
       one of the strange and unusual variables that are connected to "things" behind the scenes.

       Some are extremely common, like $_, and others you will quite probably never encounter in your Perl
       career.

Inheritance

         PPI::Token::Magic
         isa PPI::Token::Symbol
             isa PPI::Token
                 isa PPI::Element

Methods

       The class provides no additional methods, beyond those provided by PPI::Token::Symbol, PPI::Token and
       PPI::Element.

Name

       PPI::Token::Magic - Tokens representing magic variables

Support

       See the support section in the main module.

Synopsis

         # When we say magic variables, we mean these...
         $1   $2   $3   $4   $5   $6   $7   $8   $9
         $_   $&   $`   $'   $+   @+   %+   $*   $.    $/    $|
         $\   $"   $;   $%   $=   $-   @-   %-   $)    $#
         $~   $^   $:   $?   $!   %!   $@   $$   $<    $>
         $(   $0   $[   $]   @_   @*   $}   $,   $#+   $#-
         $^L  $^A  $^E  $^C  $^D  $^F  $^H
         $^I  $^M  $^N  $^O  $^P  $^R  $^S
         $^T  $^V  $^W  $^X  %^H