I have a hashref cat with a key dog,and statements like:

 $x='$cat->{dog}/mouse'; $y=localtime(); $_=$x; $z = "$_:$y";

my result is, unexpectedly,

$cat->{dog}/mouse:Mon Jul 31 13:54:17 2023

So $y was interpolated as expected, but $cat->{dog}/mouse was not? I also tried to force it to interpolate with eval. No joy. The value in $cat->{dog}/mouse was read from a mysql table, so I really dont have control over the types of quotes around it. I guess the issue is, interpolation is only at the top level - NOT recursive? So although $_ was interpolated as $x=$cat->{dog}/mouse, $cat->{dog} was not. How can I force interpolation to continue until there is nothing left to interpolate? Or, alternatively, how can I pre-process $x to force IT to interpolate? $x was read in from mysql and the value in it is not interpolated.

Cheers!

In reply to Why is this string only PARTIALLY interpolated? by misterperl

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