Assertion: variable's value | /r/HasAspect | a $
Facets:
value: in perl
type: LOCATION
value: in front
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Ruby as a language was inspired also by Perl, but in this case, the notation was made simpler: a global variable name must be preceded by a $ sign, like $variable_name , while a local variable has simply no $ sign in front of its name, like variable_name (while in perl all scalar values have a $ in front).