On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:36:03 +0800, allan wrote:
>can someone please explain why the below script doesn't work
>on v5.6.0/mac osX?
>it _will_ work if i outcomment "use strict";
>#!perl
>use strict;
>no strict 'refs';
>my $test = "variable_name";
>$$test = "a string";
>print $variable_name;
"no strict 'refs'" allows symbolic references to work. So the syntax
check fails over the fact that '$variable_name' is not a declared
variable.
Insert
use vars '$variable_name';
or
our $variable_name;
to get past that hurdle.
--
Bart.
