%PERL{"perl expression"}%

• Expands to the result of the perl expression, evaluated in a Safe container.

%PERL{topic="topic name"}%

• Expands to the result of the perl program contained between %CODE{}% and %ENDCODE% in the named topic.
• You can only use a subset of perl, as defined in the Foswiki configuration.

Examples

If the plugin is installed, the text after 'expands to' will show the result of the example.

• %PERL{"'A String'"}% expands to %PERL{"'A String'"}%
• %PERL{"101 - 59"}% expands to %PERL{"101 - 59"}%
• %PERL{topic="System.VarPERL"}% expands to %PERL{topic="VarPERL"}%

Perl code used for this example:

%CODE{"perl"}%
my $x = 99;
$x = $x + 1;
return $x;
%ENDCODE%