Any time you think about using symbolic references, you should immediately think of using a hash. 
use strict;
use warnings; # Assuming you're using Perl 5.6.0 and higher

my %vars = (
    'A' => 'This is varA',
    'B' => 'This is varB',
    'C' => '',
);

my @vars = qw( A B C );

foreach my $varname ( @vars ) {
    print "$varname is $vars{ $varname }\n";
}

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As for what you're doing wrong, lexical variables don't enter the symbol table. And, if you don't understand that statement, then you really shouldn't be playing with symbolic references. Hashes, my brother. Hashes.
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In reply to Re: symbolic references by dragonchild
in thread symbolic references by Anonymous Monk

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