Re: problem with naming of variables

2011-03-29 Thread Chas. Owens
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:10, Katya Gorodinsky wrote: > Maybe this way: > > @bet1 = (0,0,0,0); > @bet2 = (0,0,0,1); > @bet3 = (0,0,1,0); > >  $random_bet_position = int(rand(3) + 1); > >  $name = 'bet' . $random_bet_position; >  @selected_bet = @{$name}; Symbolic references are incredibly danger

Re: problem with naming of variables

2011-03-28 Thread Brian Fraser
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Katya Gorodinsky < katya.gorodin...@ecitele.com> wrote: > $random_bet_position = int(rand(3) + 1); > > $name = 'bet' . $random_bet_position; > @selected_bet = @{$name}; > > No no no. Gosh no. Don't do that. http://perl.plover.com/varvarname.html Brian.

Re: problem with naming of variables

2011-03-28 Thread Chas. Owens
2011/3/28 jj mahoney : > > Hi, How do I name this variable correctly, @{bet$random_bet_position); > With regards to the script below, @selected_bet is suppose to select either > @bet1, @bet2 or @bet3 depending on the chosen number held by > $random_bet_position, so how do I do this? Thanks > > @b

RE: problem with naming of variables

2011-03-28 Thread Katya Gorodinsky
Maybe this way: @bet1 = (0,0,0,0); @bet2 = (0,0,0,1); @bet3 = (0,0,1,0); $random_bet_position = int(rand(3) + 1); $name = 'bet' . $random_bet_position; @selected_bet = @{$name}; -Original Message- From: jj mahoney [mailto:itshardtoget...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 4

Re: problem with naming of variables

2011-03-28 Thread Robert Wohlfarth
2011/3/28 jj mahoney > > Hi, How do I name this variable correctly, @{bet$random_bet_position); > With regards to the script below, @selected_bet is suppose to select either > @bet1, @bet2 or @bet3 depending on the chosen number held by > $random_bet_position, so how do I do this? Thanks > > @bet