bzzt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : The following code doesn't work if I use strict. : Is the only solution not to use strict?
No. You could use a hash. : #!/usr/local/bin/perl : use strict; : my $blues; : $a = "blues"; : $blues = "jazz"; : print ${$a}; use strict; use warnings; my %music = ( blues => 'jazz', ); my $a = 'blues'; print $music{ $a }; HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist 254 968-8328 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>