Manual Monks,

Need a fresh pair of eyes to point out what idiotic error I have in this syntax:

@price = ('12p', '18p');
@{$tbls{'12p'}} =  [ 't72', 't73', 't74', 't75', 't76', 't77' ];
@{$bases_tbls{'18p'}} =  [ 't73', 't74', 't75', 't76', 't77' ];
for $b (0 .. $#price) {
    $sql = 'SELECT respondent FROM';
    for $i (0 .. $#{$tbls{$price[$a]}}) {
        $sql = $sql.' ${$tbls{$price[$a]}}[$i];';
        $sta = $dbh -> prepare($sql);
        $sta -> execute() or die("Could not execute!" . $sta->errstr()
+);
        ... a bunch of stuff ...
    }
}
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The execute produces an error that points to a syntax error "near '${$tbls{$price$a}}$i' " but I don't see it.

Thanks.

update - last sentence to fix inconsistency pointed out by DragonChild.

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In reply to Mixing up indices in multidimensional hash by punch_card_don

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