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in thread Using a sting with a variable name

It also assumes $one$var is defined if it exists. I don't know if that's ok or not.

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Re^3: Using a sting with a variable name
by JavaFan (Canon) on May 11, 2009 at 15:04 UTC
    I was assuming from the phrasing of the question and the example that it can be given that $one is defined. Otherwise, it's a trivial test to add.
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      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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        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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