Dearly beloved Monks, lend me your brains...please.

Instead of coding this kind of thing: 

$mailbox   = 'inbox';
$subscribe = 'yes';
$country   = 'NZ';

$sel_mailbox{$mailbox}     = 'test';
$sel_subscribe{$subscribe} = 'test';
$sel_country{$country}     = 'test';

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I was wanting to do recode the last group of lines more elegantly, with something like this: 
for (qw(mailbox subscribe country))
{ ${"$sel_$_{$$_}"} = 'test' }  # <= Not working!!!

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But I can see that's not working, because there's nothing in $sel_mailbox(inbox).
I think there are various ways to code this with references, but the above style what I usually use, but alas, I've failed.

Please guide me back to the straight and narrow.

Thanks.
tel2

In reply to Indirect addressing problem by tel2

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