Thats a FAQ and IMHO 99% of the cases of assignments to symbolic references in Perl are a result of weak code design (sorry!)

the following works under no strict 'refs'

  DB<109> $var="var";$id=0
 => 0

  DB<110> ${$var.$id}=42
 => 42

  DB<111> $var0
 => 42

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Are you sure you need that? Be warned about the consequences!

Older discussions regarding 'no strict refs' might help you getting an insight why.

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Are you aware of the concept of hashes?

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

In reply to Re: Array loops and assignments (symbolic references) by LanX
in thread Array loops and assignments by madbee

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