in reply to Re^3: Form letters: eval a string to substutite perl variables
in thread Form letters: eval a string to substutite perl variables

Single quotes don't interpolate. You mean
my $value = eval "\"$string\"";

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Re^5: Form letters: eval a string to substutite perl variables
by Joost (Canon) on Oct 27, 2006 at 23:50 UTC
Re^5: Form letters: eval a string to substutite perl variables
by Fletch (Bishop) on Oct 28, 2006 at 15:10 UTC

    Or eval qq{"$string"}; for less backwhackititus.