On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 05:41:32AM -0800, Steve Thames wrote: > Consider this: > > my %names = (Bob => 'Robert Brower'); > my $caption = 'Name: $names{Bob)'; > print eval "qq|$caption|"; [...] > Does anyone have any idea how to capture the syntax error in a case > like this?
You mean something like... my %names = (Bob => 'Robert Brower'); my $caption = 'Name: $names{Bob)'; print eval "qq|$caption|"; die $@ if $@ giving: syntax error at (eval 1) line 1, near "Bob)" Missing right curly or square bracket at (eval 1) line 1, within string HTH -- tomas
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