Re: Elegant way?

[mjd-perl-pm@plover.com]

> $Name = "FirstName";
> $Value = "Jane";
> 
> What I would like to do is create a variable $FirstName containing the 
> value "Jane"

It is almost always better, and totally straightfoward, to use a hash:

	$record{$Name} = $Value;
	print "The $Name is $record{$Name}.\n";

If you *must* do this, it is easy:

	$$Name = $Value;  

but you should see 

	http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/varvarname.html
	http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/varvarname2.html
	http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/varvarname3.html

for reasons why this is almost always a very bad idea.

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