Re: unsure how to use variable

our $holding1 = "green";
our $holding2 = "blue";
our $holding3 = "yellow";

for (my $count = 3; $count >= 1; $count--) {
    print do {no strict 'refs'; ${"holding$count"}}, "\n";
}
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Re^2: unsure how to use variable by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Feb 18, 2012 at 06:11 UTC
I know you're just doing your schtick and it’s nice to present a literal answer. Can’t -- that. Still, many, if not most beginner/self-taught hackers arrive at the symbolic references approach on their own. I did and it cost me plenty; slowed me down tremendously for the first year I was slinging Perl and made my code a hateful mess 5 times the size it should have been. So, I attach that for the OP. This works. The other suggested approaches are a better way to get your head in the game.	[reply]

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Re^2: unsure how to use variable
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Feb 18, 2012 at 06:11 UTC

I know you're just doing your schtick and it’s nice to present a literal answer. Can’t -- that. Still, many, if not most beginner/self-taught hackers arrive at the symbolic references approach on their own. I did and it cost me plenty; slowed me down tremendously for the first year I was slinging Perl and made my code a hateful mess 5 times the size it should have been.

So, I attach that for the OP. This works. The other suggested approaches are a better way to get your head in the game.

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