Re^6: Declaring and checking content of variables with consecutive names

Thank you again, hippo. Your code is exactly what I should have written in my reply, instead of merely describing my intentions. I used the word "discouraged" because I understood it is alway considered bad practice to put the name of a variable (i.e. the filename) into another variable.

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Re^7: Declaring and checking content of variables with consecutive names by hippo (Archbishop) on Sep 29, 2016 at 10:41 UTC
What is discouraged is using the value of one variable to be part or all of the name of another variable. See the venerable Why it's stupid to `use a variable as a variable name' by Dominus as a guide.	[reply]
Re^7: Declaring and checking content of variables with consecutive names by choroba (Cardinal) on Sep 29, 2016 at 16:37 UTC
> it is always considered bad practice to put the name of a variable (i.e. the filename) into another variable Yes, it is, but in this case, we're putting the value of a variable into another variable, which is OK and practical. ($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-\|\|-\|5+lengthSq)`"S\|oS2"`map{chr \|+ord }map{substrSq`S_+\|`\|}3E\|-\|`7**2-3:)=~y+S\|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a, [download]	[reply] [d/l]