Re: naming a variable as a numeric value

[Wiggins d'Anconia]

Ed Sickafus wrote:

I asked in a previous query ...

	Is it possible to name a variable as the numeric value of a scalar?

I should be more specific.

Is it possible to convert the value returned by the time function into a
name for a variable?
I presume I concatenate some form of the number returned to $:    \$ .= "
"?

This would allow a convenient name for a hash in a HoH to allow its easy
access without knowing a priori the hash's name.

Either I am not understanding you correctly or how you are thinking about a hash of hashes is incorrect. The inner hash in a HoH is anonymous, that is it doesn't have a name. You access it through the key of the outer hash. So your time value (without the restrictions of variable names) can be stored as the key in the outer hash with your inner hash as its value.

However the answer to your question, as mentioned before, is still "Yes but you shouldn't."

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