Re: Array reference problem

$name = sprintf "%s%s",'descriptor_array',$array_no;
print @$name;
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Since $name contains a string, @$name will access a package variable - not a lexical variable introduced with my.

Either use our, or use a hash (or array) of arrays, instead of using the names directly.

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Re^2: Array reference problem by hda (Chaplain) on Jul 07, 2009 at 16:14 UTC
Thanks, that worked. However, I can't understand why one of these two 'families' of arrays can be accessed whereas the other not.	[reply]
Re^3: Array reference problem by JavaFan (Canon) on Jul 07, 2009 at 19:36 UTC
Because only for package variables does the lookup happen at runtime.	[reply]