Hi all Try this out whether this help
@CityA=("Suburb1"," Suburb2"," Suburb3"); @CityB="Suburb1, Suburb4, Suburb5"; $Var="CityB"; $NewVar="$$Var[0]"; print "VALUE is $NewVar \n"; ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wiggins d'Anconia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Luinrandir Hernsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 6:40 AM Subject: Re: Array Question > Luinrandir Hernsen wrote: > > > Can I do something like this? > > > > perldoc -q quoting > > > > > @CityA="Suburb1, Suburb2, Suburb3"; > > @CityB="Suburb1, Suburb4, Suburb5"; > > > > I don't think the above is doing what you think it is. It is assigning > one element (the first) of the array to a string. If you are trying to > assign the array 3 elements, you need to quote it differently, > > my @CityA = ('Suburb1','Suburb2','Suburb3'); > my @CityB = ('Suburb1','Suburb4','Suburb5'); > > > $Var="TownCurrent"; > > > > $Var isn't used again in your example, what is its intended use? > > > $NewVar="$($TownCurrent)[1]"; > > The above is non-sensical... > > > > > I am trying to construct a sting from a variable. > > > > Construct a string from a variable, or choose a variable using a string? > > > make sence? > > > > Not really. Try to explain better what you are doing... Since this has > nothing to do with CGI your question is better asked on > [EMAIL PROTECTED] .... > > http://danconia.org > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>