Question : array, init, qw - how to include empty string

How to do initialize an array with an empty string with qw?  Can you do it with qw?

@a = qw(password1 password2 "" hotchina);

I want the 3rd value to be an empty string - no password - but
it expands as the two quotes.

@a = ("this", "that", "", "andthis");  works just find.

Just curious.

Thanks

Answer : array, init, qw - how to include empty string

No, you can't do that.
qw is more or less the same as split ' ', q( STRING ) , except that your array is created at compile time.
As in the split, it is not possible to get empty strings.

You could use @a = ( qw(password1 password2), '', qw(hotchina) );