In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote "Dennis G. Wicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Greetings; > > I can get qw to work for things like > > @n = qw( john jacob jingleheimer schmidt ); > > but something like > > @n = qw( $names ); > > doesn't work. I get the literal string "$names" in @n! > > What does the equivalent of qw(???) for a variable? > Do you mean that $names contains the string "john jacob jingleheimer schmidt" Then split is your friend: @n = split / /, $names; Greetings, Andrea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
