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You're attempting to use a symref to access a lexical variable, which won't work since lexicals don't reside in the symbol table. This won't work either: 

$ perl -le 'my $foo = 5; print ${"foo"}'

$

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A use strict would have produced a gripe.

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Re: Re: 'my' buggy...
by december (Pilgrim) on Apr 30, 2002 at 16:15 UTC
    What is the correct way to access a lexical variable in a simple substitution then?...
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      From the Perl FAQ, $text =~ s/(\$\w+)/$1/eeg;

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      s++=END;++y(;-P)}y js++=;shajsj<++y(p-q)}?print:??;

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        Ow damn... never read that. Thanks :*)
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        Crap... must have read over that. Or is it a new addition?

        Thanks anyway :*)
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