If you're coding for the kind of clarity that would be understood by someone who is just starting out with Perl, the traditional this construct says what it means, with a high degree of clarity and legibility:
However, I've always liked how simple $, makes it. The special variable $" is for interpolation, and the special variable $, is for lists. Combine either one with dynamic scope-constraining 'local' to avoid having ripple effects throughout the script:
use 5.012_002;
use strict;
use warnings;
my @array = qw/ 1 2 3 4 5 /;
{
local $" = ', ';
print "@array\n"; # Interpolation.
}
OR with $,:
use feature q(say);
use strict;
use warnings;
my @array = qw/ 1 2 3 4 5 /;
{
local $, = ', ';
say @array; # List
}
The special variables $, and $" are documented in perlvar. The local keyword, and how it can be used to constrain the effects of altering a global punctuation variable's value is probably best described in perlsub.