menu_$foo works if you don't use strict
my (@menu_info,$foo);

No it won't.

Symbolic references only work for globals, because lexicals (what "my" makes) don't have symbol table entries, so ${"menu_$foo"} can't find them.

If you tried your code, you'd see it prints nothing.

Try this instead: 

our @menu_info;
my $foo;
$menu_info[1] = "hello";
$foo = "info";

print ${"menu_$foo"}[1];

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But as I mentioned above, don't do this. It only works if you turn off strict 'refs', and then the compiler can't tell you if you're referencing something that's not there, as you did.
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Mike

In reply to Re: Re: Selecting Correct Array by RMGir
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