bzzt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: The following code doesn't work if I use strict.
: Is the only solution not to use strict?
No. You could use a hash.
: #!/usr/local/bin/perl
: use strict;
: my $blues;
: $a = "blues";
: $blues = "jazz";
: print ${$a};
use strict;
use warnings;
my %music = (
blues => 'jazz',
);
my $a = 'blues';
print $music{ $a };
HTH,
Charles K. Clarkson
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