A rule in the GameOfChess that allows a pawn to capture a pawn that has moved two spaces by moving into the empty square through which the captured pawn passed, but only in the move immediately following the two-space move. The term is French for "in passing". ---- Also, the friendly name for this PerlIdiom: my $x = "Abc"; (my $y = $x) =~ s/A/D/; Now, $x is "Abc" and $y "Dbc" ($y was declared, assigned "Abc", and substituted upon)