The Ghost <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : i want to do this: : : @arraynames = ( 'ernie', 'bert', 'bbird'); : : foreach $name (@arraynames) { : push @$name, $someValue; : } : so I have an array @ernie, another array @bert, etc... :
Make the array names keys in a hash. my @fields = ( 'ernie', 'bert', 'bbird'); my %config; foreach my $name ( @fields ) { push @{ $config{ $name } }, $some_value; } 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>