I think that you want to use 
eval $string;

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not 
eval { $string };

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The string form of C<eval> will cause the string to be compiled and executed at run-time, capturing the result in $@.

The block form of C<eval> gets compiled only once during the compilation pass of the main program and at run-time the result of executing $string are captured into $@.

Both versions of C<eval> isolate the main program from failures of the code in $string, but only the string-form causes the code to be compiled each time the C<eval> is encountered.

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zf

In reply to Re: How do you evaluate a perl command that is in a perl string? by zombie_fred
in thread How do you evaluate a perl command that is in a perl string? by perlNinny

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