On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Ken Gillett wrote: > I want to pass a string to a subroutine and use that as the name of > the hash to tie to a dbm file (or use dbmopen). But I can't make it > work with a hash reference in the sub routine. > > If I use the same code outside the sub or hard code the hash name > (i.e. no ref) within the sub it all works perfectly. > > Can anyone enlighten me how I can use the string within the sub to > make the name of the hash variable, tie/dbmopen it and be able to use > the hash outside the sub? 'Cos I'm stuck:-( Show us your code; then we can help.
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