Before people trip out... let me start by saying this is purely a curiosity and NOT for actual implementation anywhere....EVER. I know one should not do this i know what should NEVER EVER do this.....one should use hashes etc.... etc.....I know.... but nevertheless, i know it is possible and to expand my horizons into the realm of the full madness-possibilities of perl, (one must know how the dark or f'd up side of the force works in order to fully understand the force....etc...) I'd like to know how one would THEORETICALLY do the following:

How do you know this? Who told you? Where did you read about it?

Did you know about this?

site:perlmonks.org variable variable name -> Variable Variables -> http://perl.plover.com/varvarname.html

Now you know :p

In reply to Re: Contain yourselves please: THEORETICAL question about variable values being used as A PART of another variable's name. by Anonymous Monk
in thread Contain yourselves please: THEORETICAL question about variable values being used as A PART of another variable's name. by MarsRover

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