I think eval can help you...
See perldoc -f eval.
Kenton Brede wrote:
> I've done some searching and can't find an answer to this. I'd like
> to use a scalar variable in an array name. Something like "@$scalar"
> I've tried different permutations like "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "@"$scalar""
> "@\$scalar" and none of them work.
>
> What I'm trying to do is come up with a way to slurp ARGV variables in
> and if a match is found in @list, then print out the matching array,
> either @rhel or @all. The following code is an example.
> Thanks for any help,
> Kent
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> use warnings;
> use strict;
>
> my $first_arg = "$ARGV[0]";
> my @list = ("all", "rhel");
> my @rhel = ("server1", "server3", "server4");
> my @all = ("server2", "server5", server7");
>
> foreach my $list_name (@list) {
> if ( $list_name eq $first_arg ) {
> print "@$first_arg";
> }
> }
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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