Re: getting the name of a variable to use as string

What you want is a symbolic reference. For most purposes, they're not needed in Perl. You can often accomplish what you want from symbolic references with other means. Perhaps you can specify why you think you need one?

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Re^2: getting the name of a variable to use as string by tilly (Archbishop) on Sep 17, 2004 at 01:31 UTC
A symbolic reference will not accomplish what he's looking for. The symbolic reference mechanism only accesses package globals. The variable that he's going to wind up accessing dynamically is a lexical. I agree that the problem "smells wrong" though, and the need should probably be rethought.	[reply]
Re^3: getting the name of a variable to use as string by sintadil (Pilgrim) on Sep 17, 2004 at 01:39 UTC
A symbolic reference will not accomplish what he's looking for. The symbolic reference mechanism only accesses package globals. The variable that he's going to wind up accessing dynamically is a lexical. sintadil RTFMs. I see. Thanks for the clarification.	[reply]