Re: storing variable names in an array

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You can probably accomplish what you're asking using soft references. This is considered bad form, however, and as many have pointed out already, you should use a hash instead.

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Re^2: storing variable names in an array by ambrus (Abbot) on Jun 11, 2005 at 15:27 UTC
Perldoc perlref specifically asks you not to call them "soft references". They're symbolic references. Just like in unix, you have hard links and symbolic links (symlinks).	[reply]

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