RE: making a variable execute

[LoBue, Mark]

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> Subject: making a variable execute
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> Can someone show me how to make this compute?
> 
> my $a=2;
> my $b=3;
> my $oper="+";
> 
> my $c = $a $oper $b;
> 
> where $c would have a value of 5.
> 

my $c = eval("$a $oper $b");
print "$c\n";

-Mark

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