Re: Execute commands in a string

Use eval "perl code" to execute arbitrary Perl code and prepend the string with "package Whatever;" to enforce it being evaluated in the given package.

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Re^2: Execute commands in a string
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Aug 15, 2004 at 20:02 UTC

$code = 'package Enforce::NOT; sub you; sub cannot;';
eval "package Whatever; $code";
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