Hi, Im trying to modify a script that uses strict "refs". I assigning a number" to a particular variable thats being used elsewhere. when I try to run the modified script, I get Can't use string ("0") as a SCALAR ref while "strict refs" in use at ./xxxx.mod line 325 I was able to bypass it by issuing "no strict refs" right before the point where it is being used, but would like to not make such a change that could potentially impact other things. alternately id like to conform to the strict "refs" and convert the string to a SCALAR as required by the script. any idea how I can accomplish this?

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I tried out kyle suggestion of putting a '\' before the $processor but got the error message 
 Processor is SCALAR(0x15f1a8) and qmgr is QM_P266 
 In bind_cpu_solaris , Processor is SCALAR(0x15f1a8) 
 In for loop ...
 In Next Loop ...
/usr/sbin/pbind: must specify at least one pid
usage: 
        /usr/sbin/pbind -b processor_id pid[/lwpids] ...

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The processor variable is populated in one other location where it looks for pid's of other processes already bound to a specific processor and tries to bind to the same (i.e populate $processor with the same proocessor id). the code is like the below: 
sub get_cpu_used_by_other_processes
{
        my $other_process = shift;
        my $proc_id = locate_process_id( $other_proc );
        my $processor = undef;
        my $pid = undef;

        my @cmd_output = `$os_command_table{$^O}{pbind} -q 2>/dev/null
+`;
        die "ERROR:failed to retrieve the bound processors\n" unless (
+ $? == 0 );
        ##### increase the weight of processors based on used or not #
+####
        foreach ( keys %{$proc_id} )
        {
                $pid = $$proc_id{$_};
                next unless defined $pid;
                foreach ( @cmd_output )
                {
                        $processor = $1, return \$processor if /proces
+s\s+id\s+${pid}\s*:\s*(\d+)
$/;
                }
        }
}

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In reply to converting from string to SCALAR when using strict "refs" by usrlocal

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