slash

Division Operator

The slash symbol is used as the division operator to produce the [[result?]]s of a [[quotient_division?]] calculation of two [[operand?]]s:

$answer = 18 / 3; # 6

Regular Expression Enclosure

The slash symbol is used as an [[enclosure?]] that marks a regular expression as a pattern:

 # foobar is a regular expression used as a pattern
 /foobar/ { print $0 }