Jake and Matz wrote:

# %w{this\ is a\ test}

cool. escaping the space.

many thanks, jake/matz.

otoh, i am also ending up w lots of escapes like for longer strings

%w{ sample
    short\ sample
    there\ is\ quite\ a\ number\ of\ strings\ longer\ than\ this
  }

if %w will optionally respect quotes, then it may simplify

kind regards -botp