perl db file

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

i need to know if there is some way to have a file that looks something like this:

$array[0]="value";
$array[1]="value";
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then i want to open the file and use the code in it directly as perl. thanks, steve

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Re: perl db file by chromatic (Archbishop) on Mar 23, 2000 at 01:42 UTC
Data::Dumper does something like this -- it spits out Perl data structures into valid Perl syntax. Also look at use and require.	[reply]
Re: perl db file by Anonymous Monk on Feb 18, 2000 at 01:31 UTC
you should be able to write it to a flat file, add a 1; at the end of it and then say require "filename"; at the top of your script. The 1; is needed so that require will return a true value.	[reply]
Re: perl db file by Anonymous Monk on Feb 18, 2000 at 15:34 UTC
require "filename"; 1;	[reply]