I have a program that generates a random number between 1 and 6. based on the outcome I want to run a subroutine that corresponds to the result. i.e if the result is 1 then the program should run sub F1. my question is how can I dynamically call the subroutine.
i tried this but obviously it didn't work $var1 = int(rand(6)) + 1 ; # i didn't want zero as an answer $var1 ='F'.$var1; # sub names can't start w/ numbers $var1(); # this is where it crashes #assuming $var1 = F1 then it would run this sub F1 { print "foo\n"; } #assuming $var1 = F2 then it would run this. sub F2 { print "bar\n"; } Thanx !! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>