on 3/17/02 6:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] purportedly said: > that works, but since i want to build those symbolic > references dynamically (the reason for the symbolic refs are > because the camel book suggests those in favour of eval on a > string) how can i then pre-declare my variables (since i > don't know their names before the script runs)? is that > possible (under use strict)? > > > my $append = "_name"; # this string could be anything > my $test = "variable$append"; > $$test = "a string"; > print $variable_name;
IMHO, symbolic refs are syntactic sugar that make code difficult to read, follow, and debug. I recommend using hashes or objects instead. They are easier to read, follow, and debug, and are more extensible. Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
