Hi,

Is there any way within Perl to use scalar names to access specific elements within an array.

Please note that I want this scalar to be updated as the array is updated.

For example, in FORTRAN, the code would look like 

       REAL*4 MYARRAY(80)
       REAL*4 FIFTHELE
       EQUIVALENCE (FIFTHELE,MYARRAY(5))

C SET 5TH ELEMENT TO 61
       MYARRAY(5) = 61

C USE THE 5TH ELEMENT IN SOME EQUATION
       X = FIFTHELE-30

C X NOW EQUALS 31, AND MYARRAY(5) ALSO EQUALS 31.

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PS. I'm am also trying to stick to using  use strict "vars" although I might give that up (maybe).

Thanks

Sandy

Quick thought

Would 

$myvar = \$array[0];
$myothervar = $$myvar;

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work??

In reply to use simple scalar names to point to specific array elements by Sandy

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