NAMING in Perl

[DJpennywhistle]

I have three variables $lisa and $sue are strings, and $bob is a value. I want to name a string lisa_sue and assign it the value bob. Is this possible?<br><br>Thanks to anyone who helps - you are a star!! <p>Gordon Bell<br><a href=mailto:gordon.bell@xilinx.com>gordon.bell@xilinx.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[AndyBo]

Not exactly sure what you're getting at...&nbsp;&nbsp;If you mean:<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>$lisa_sue = $bob<br></font><br>then, sure, that's going to work.<br><br>Otherwise, I'm a little unclear as to what you want to do...

 

[goBoating]

I think you can use references to achieve the desired effect.&nbsp;&nbsp;If this looks like it is close to what you are asking, you will need to do a little homework on <i>references</i>. .......a simple example.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>$var1 = 'lisa';<br>$var2 = 'sue';<br>$var3 = 'bob';<br><br>$$var1 = 'bruntte'; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# now $lisa is a brunette<br>$$var2 = 'blonde'; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# now $sue is a blonde<br>$$var3 = '12'; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# now $bob is 12<br><br>$var4&nbsp;&nbsp;= $var1.$var2;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# var4 concatenates the contents of var1 and var2 (lisasue) <br><br>$$var4 = $$var3;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# symbolically speaking - $lisasue is now 12<br></font>