PERL CGI Beginners - interpreting a $var as a command

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interpreting a $var as a command

Florian Prud'homme

2005-01-30, 8:55 pm

Hello,

do you know a way how to execute a string like a command ? (I think
it's something related to variable interpolation).

I want to have the same effect as :

print " Hello world\n";

with a variable like

$toto="print \" Hello world\n\"";

thanks.
Florian

kevindotcar

2005-02-08, 3:55 pm

Florian Prud'homme wrote:
> Hello,
>
> do you know a way how to execute a string like a command ? (I think
> it's something related to variable interpolation).
>
>
> I want to have the same effect as :
>
> print " Hello world\n";
>
>
> with a variable like
>
> $toto="print \" Hello world\n\"";
>
>
> thanks.
> Florian

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