-- tried to send this yesterday - no luck. Here goes again.... use strict; use vars qw($one $two); $one = "two"; $two = "two"; { no strict "refs"; # turns off strict refs for the scope of the enclosing block print ${$one}; # prints out "two" } print ${$one}; # blows up HTH, Nikhil. -----Original Message----- From: Andy td [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 June 2001 22:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Revised: Symbolic References & "use strict;" Hi! I'm writing a program that uses "use strict;" (which requires the variable to be declared before it's can be used) and symbolic references (e.g. $$cmd{$ext}++;). When I run the program, I get the error saying I must declare the variable $$cmd first. Please let me know can I solve this problem without removing "use strict;" from my program. Thanks, Andy _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For more information about Barclays Capital, please visit our web site at http://www.barcap.com. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the Barclays Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Although the Barclays Group operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Barclays Group. Replies to this email may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users