in reply to Re^3: Using a sting with a variable name
in thread Using a sting with a variable name

it's a trivial test to add.

One catch, using the following data, it'll say $var exists. But that's probably good enough. 
@var = qw( a b c );
$var2 = undef;
$one = '$var';   # Exists!
$two = '$var2';  # Exists

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Re^5: Using a sting with a variable name
by JavaFan (Canon) on May 11, 2009 at 15:21 UTC
    Really? That's not what I get (nor expect): 
    use 5.010;

@var = qw (a b c);
$var2 = undef;
$one = '$var';
$two = '$var2';

if (defined ${"${\substr $one, 1}"}) {
    say '$var exists';
}
else {
    say '$var does not exist';
}

__END__
$var does not exist

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      You're still only checking whether the variable is defined or not. The data I gave was for after you made the change you said would check for existence.
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        You really think the answer will change after adding a test for defined $one? Last time I looked, '$var' is a defined value.
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