hi i need to (i think) pass a hash as a reference to a sub routine for ultimately letting that sub return a string. that sub is placed in another file which i require beforehand. i know the hash is ok i know i can pass an require plain scalars but is it possible to pass a hash or any reference in the middle of an eval?
the closest i have come to succes is something not fully working as below: my %lookup_menu = ( 1 => HOME, 2 => PARTNERS, ); require 'relevant_file'; $out = eval($sub_routine . "(\\%lookup_menu)"); print $out; ../allan