Maybe something like this? 

my @one = ('$apple', '$pear');
my $two = '$orange';
eval "$one[0] = 'hello'";  # evaluates  $apple = 'hello'
eval "$two = 'goodbye'";   # evaluates  $orange = 'goodbye'
print "$apple $orange";    # hello goodbye

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(Note the single quotes in '$apple' etc. With double quotes, the (empty) global variable $apple would be interpolated.)

Update: Another way would be to use symbolic references: 

use strict;
use warnings;

my @one = qw($apple $pear);
my $two = '$orange';

our ($apple, $pear, $orange);
{   no strict 'refs';
    ${substr $one[0],1} = 'hello';    # ${'apple'}  = 'hello';
    ${substr $two,1}    = 'goodbye';  # ${'orange'} = 'goodbye';
}
print "$apple $orange";   # hello goodbye

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(You'd need package variables and no strict 'refs' in this case, though)

In reply to Re^3: Reading and producing variable lists (w/o hashes!) by almut
in thread Reading and producing variable lists (w/o hashes!) by bingohighway

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