Typo here: 
if ($execute}
Change the curly to a paren and it might work better :) Also, use single quotes in assigning $execute to prevent interpolation

update: that chop doesn't do what you think it does. Try printing $execute after the substitution.....
$execute =~ s/ && $//; works.

update2 I gave bad advice on the single quotes. You WANT interpolation since $animal is meaningless outside the loop. DOH! 

$execute .= '$str =~ /'.$animal.'/ && ';

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In reply to Re: How to generate Perl statements on the fly and execute them when they are synthesized. by earthboundmisfit
in thread How to generate Perl statements on the fly and execute them when they are synthesized. by kleinbiker7

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