Okay, a newbie here. I'm trying to do a very simple little "secret code" script that prompts the user for a message, then substitutes the letters based on a randomly generated alphabet, made fresh each time. The problem comes when I try to drop the $string into the tr// operation. From searching around forums and looking at the manual, I think it has something to do with eval() being needed to interpolate the $string. Greatly appreciate any perls of wisdom! Many thx. Jamie 

 #!/usr/bin/perl
# transliterate.pl
use strict; use warnings;

print "Please enter your message to be encrypted.\n";

my $message = <STDIN>;
chomp($message);

# generate randomized alphabet
my @chars = ("A".."Z", "a".."z");
my $string;
$string .= $chars[rand @chars] for 1..26;

# I want to drop the random alphabet in $string into the replace-with 
+slot of tr//
my $code = eval($message =~ tr/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/$string/);

print "Here is your encrypted message: $code\n"; 

# As is, $code returns the number of letters in the message.

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In reply to secret code, transliteration prob by henzcoop

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