Re: Interpolating a string into list context.

This probably isn't a good idea. It does work though.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

my $str = q("string with a comma,","and some spaces", "three");
my @array;
eval <<"EVILEVAL";
\@array = ( $str );
EVILEVAL

print "ELT: $_\n" for @array;
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Now I'll go away and right 100 times, "I will not execute my data. I will not execute my data. I will not...".

More seriously, the CSV approaches people have mentioned are probably the way to go.

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Re^2: Interpolating a string into list context. by hangon (Deacon) on Nov 14, 2007 at 03:53 UTC
Actually, I did do this as a temporary fix so I could get on with the rest of the project. Here's my penance: `1. I will not execute my data. 2. I will not execute my data. ... ... ... 100. I will not execute my data.` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Interpolating a string into list context. by jbert (Priest) on Nov 14, 2007 at 09:33 UTC
Awesome. I hope you one day repent, but we all know there is nothing so permanent as a temporary fix. More seriously, make sure your aren't getting your strings from a place where someone might be able to inject any code. As I'm sure you know, this is like SQL injection but only more fun since you have a whole perl interpreter to play with.	[reply]