Yeah, I had a feeling what I needed was a hash but like you said, I have no idea how to implement it in this situation.

Not sure how much this snippet will help (I'm also working in Tk) but: 

## This is the button that initiates the sub ADMISSION

$COLUMN_1->Button(-image=>$admiss_1, 
          -width=>179,
          -border=>0,
          -background=>'#c2d297',
          -relief=>'flat',
          -command=>sub{ ADMISSION('1') } )
              ->pack(-side=>'top');

## This is part of the sub ADMISSION that contains a text field ($name
+field) that the variable "$admiss_?_name" needs to be assigned to.(Wi
+th the question mark being replaced by the "1" being passed by the bu
+tton)

sub ADMISSION {
    $namefield->Text(-width=>30,-height=>1)->pack();
        }

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So ideally, the text field in the sub would be assigned like this

$admiss_1_name = $namefield->Text(-width=>30,-height=>1)->pack();

Thanks for your help guys!

In reply to Re^2: Using variable contents in new variable name by antioch
in thread Using variable contents in new variable name by antioch

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