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It is not that single- and double-quoted strings are different beasts, but different ways of inputting data. Once the data is in there, it's just a string. In your case, what you want to do is usually referred to as double-interpolating. You can accomplish this with eval, but only use eval on trusted data. See Double Interpolation of a String for an example, care of chromatic.
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Re^2: interpret variable in a single quoted string
by birkey (Initiate) on Feb 08, 2011 at 21:17 UTC
    That is it!!!
    I have used eval before but never to do this.
    Sometimes it is harder to know how to ask the question than solving the problem.


    Thank you!
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