If you need something like that, you would be better off using a hash to hold the information vs a number of unknown variable names.
I believe that this will be confirmed by the list helpers. Wags ;) -----Original Message----- From: mb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 13:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: generate variable names Hi all, I 'm asking if there a dynamic way to generate variable names. $id; foreach(@_){ my($var1 ----> in the second time my($var2 -----> my($varn Thanks a lot in advance, asma -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]