modify ksh variable in perl

gfarhat has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Im trying to modify a ksh variable in a perl code

result=""
string="col1;col2;col3"
perl -e ' $str="'$string'";
          @list = split(/;/,$str);
          ***Here i want that result = @list ****
        '
echo result
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Re: modify ksh variable in perl by pc88mxer (Vicar) on Apr 17, 2008 at 16:38 UTC
You can't modify a ksh variable from perl, but you can set a ksh variable to the output of a perl program: `result=$(perl -e ...)` [download] To set an array variable, you can use: `set -A arrayvar $(perl -e ...)` [download] Update: For your specific case, this might work well enough: `set -A result $(echo $string \| sed -e 's/;/ /g')` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: modify ksh variable in perl by apl (Monsignor) on Apr 17, 2008 at 16:56 UTC
Revised: Exit returns a number only; of limited use when setting environmental variables. Plesae reap. ~~Or, if it's more than a one-liner, the Perl script should end with~~ ~~`exit( $returned_value );`~~	[reply] [d/l]
Re: modify ksh variable in perl by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 17, 2008 at 16:43 UTC
If you want to access the environment variables from perl you need to use `$ENV{string}`. That only works for real environment variables, I don't know if ksh exports its internal variables by default. Modifying an environment variable will not modify it in the calling shell, though.	[reply] [d/l]