On May 17, Alberto Manuel Brandao Simoes said:
>RULE ---> FILE*
>
>::t {
> for (@FILE) {
> #do something
> }
>}
>
>The idea is, when parsing the RULE, create the FILE array so that the user can
>browse it. This is done by an eval, so I can construct a string initializing
>this array, but as said on last mail, I was trying to construct the array
>itself. The solution will pass by a @{$rule->{FILE}} style access?
As said, naming variables with other variables is *very* shifty.
So, use a hash. The keys are the names you WOULD have used for variables.
($variable) = getNextRule();
$data{$variable} = [ ... ]; # create an anonymous array
Now, instead of looking at @$variable, look at @{ $data{$variable} }.
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