Re^3: Contain yourselves please: THEORETICAL question about variable values being used as A PART of another variable's name.

Which is one of the reasons we repeatedly state not to use such code.

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Re^4: TL;dr - constructing symbolic references by LanX (Saint) on Dec 15, 2016 at 19:03 UTC
> Which is one of the reasons Not really, there are many reasons, but that's not part of it! :) Ikegami's code is just a condensed one liner version of `$string= "construct variable name"; say $$string;` [download] not much different from dereferencing syntax. On another note: Someone is trying to troll here ATM, better don't feed. :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply] [d/l]

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> Which is one of the reasons

Not really, there are many reasons, but that's not part of it! :)

Ikegami's code is just a condensed one liner version of

$string= "construct variable name";
say $$string;
[download]

not much different from dereferencing syntax.

On another note: Someone is trying to troll here ATM, better don't feed. :)

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Je suis Charlie!}