---
name: "PPI::Token"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-ppi"
version: "1.291-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PPI::Token"
---

# PPI::Token(3pm)

A single token of Perl source code

## NAME

PPI::Token - A single token of Perl source code

## INHERITANCE

```
  PPI::Token
  isa PPI::Element
```

## DESCRIPTION

`"PPI::Token"` is the abstract base class for all Tokens. In PPI terms, a "Token" is a PPI::Element that directly represents bytes of source code.

## METHODS

### set\_content $string

The `"set_content"` method allows you to set/change the string that the `"PPI::Token"` object represents.

Returns the string you set the Token to

### add\_content $string

The `"add_content"` method allows you to add additional bytes of code to the end of the Token.

Returns the new full string after the bytes have been added.

### length

The `"length"` method returns the length of the string in a Token.

## SUPPORT

See the support section in the main module.

## AUTHOR

Adam Kennedy \<adamk@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.