Running a Perl script stored in a variable

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Re: Running a Perl script stored in a variable by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Mar 28, 2008 at 17:24 UTC
Danger, Will Robinson! eval will do this, but be very sure you know the contents of your string are safe.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Running a Perl script stored in a variable by dr_dunno (Novice) on Mar 28, 2008 at 17:30 UTC
Oh, thanks a bunch. I understand the risk of the string contents being incorrect/unsafe. However, the script will be used in a controlled test environment where the string contents would be guaranteed to be correct. Cheers, Deiva	[reply]
Re^3: Running a Perl script stored in a variable by ww (Archbishop) on Mar 28, 2008 at 17:34 UTC
Now I'm curious: why would you do this rather than simply running the script?	[reply]
Re: Running a Perl script stored in a variable by jfraire (Beadle) on Mar 28, 2008 at 18:26 UTC
Try using quote operators such as here-docs or q{} in order to avoid some debugging time when one of your strings fail... See perlop. Regards, Julio	[reply]