Hello,


I want to expand a variable name into a call to a subroutine. Seems doable, but I'm at a loss as of yet.


Info:

perl v5.6.0
Mandrake Linux 7.2 - 2.2.17

What I want:
Based on an argument given, I need to cycle through some number of subroutines. Example code follows, hopefully it's clear enough to explain my point:

$count = shift;

for($runs = 1; $runs <= $count; $runs++){
    &func_"$runs";
}

sub func_1{}
sub func_2{}
sub func_3{}
# etc, etc, etc.

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So, if a user enters ./program.pl 8, I want to go through subroutines 1 through 8. I've also tried calling the subroutines by using: 
func_"$runs"();

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No luck there either. And, I've tried various combinations of quote marks.
Any ideas are much appreciated, and I apologize if this is a rtfm'er.

In reply to Expanding Variable Names in Calls to Subroutines by sicrj

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