RE: Turning text array into variables?

Shawn Hinchy wrote: : Is there any way to turn text from an array into variables? Yes. Use a hash. use List::Util 'sum'; my @array = qw(one two three); my %variables; @variables{ @array } = 1 .. 3; my $answer = sum( @variables{ @array } ); print "Answer is : $answer

Re: Turning text array into variables?

> my @array = qw(one two three); > my $array = '$' . join(',$', @array); # should give $one,$two,$three $array now is a scalar '$one$two$three'; > my ($array); # should instantiate? quite like : undef $array; > $one = 1; > $two = 2; > $three = 3; > my $ans = $one + $two + $three; if you used stric

Turning text array into variables?

Hello all, Is there any way to turn text from an array into variables? ie. my @array = qw(one two three); my $array = '$' . join(',$', @array); # should give $one,$two,$three my ($array); # should instantiate? $one = 1; $two = 2; $three = 3; my $ans = $one + $two + $three; print "Answer is : $a