Glad it helped - I'm never sure when I can't test for myself.
BTW, how about:
eval $code;
$error .= " $@" if $@;
Cheers,
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Muey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 3:02 PM
Subject: RE: Executing a variable that contains perl code
> 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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