Thanks! Eval was it. I knew there was something but I never use eval. Thanks for the
kick in the pants!
What I'm going to end up using is this :
eval $code;if($@) { $error = "$error $@"; }
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:42 AM
To: Dan Muey; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Executing a variable that contains perl code
Dan
I'm not a Unixite, but something like
eval $ENV{$code_here};
will do the trick.
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Muey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:24 PM
Subject: Executing a variable that contains perl code
> Anybody know of any modules or ways to execute a variable that
> contains
perl code as if it were part of the script?
>
> IE do : print `/usr/bin/perl -e '$code_here'`;
>
> Except be able to use variables/arrays/hashes/routines that are in the
script with that line
>
> EG : print `/usr/bin/perl -e '$code_here'`;
> Works great if $code_here is just a print statement or uses it's own
vars/routines, etc
> But I need to be able to have some code like this :
>
> $joemama = "HI";
> sub joe { print "Mama"; }
>
> $code_here = 'print $joemama\;&joe\;'; # actually this var gets set
> with
perl code in a mysql database
>
> print `/usr/bin/perl -e '$code_here'`;
>
> output this :
> HIMama
>
> How can I get it to be able to use the script's vars and routines etc?
>
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