Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/27/2005 01:47:12 PM: > Exactly right. You can't use a symbolic reference to refer to a lexical > variable (declared with "my"). Try this code: > > $test = 'global test'; > my $test = 'lexical test'; > my $name = 'test'; > $result = $$name; > print "$result\n"; > > You'll see that you get the value of the global $test variable as the > result. >
Replacing 'my' with 'our' will declare the variable globally and "use strict 'vars'" won't complain. use strict 'vars'; our $test = 'another global test'; my $name = 'test'; my $result = $$name; print "$result\n"; _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
