Using a string within a qw construct

I am attempting to build a Tk:Optionmenu pull down from a string that
is passed to a sub-routine from one of my menu items. The string may
look like this:
2 3 8 10 14

The string WILL change, which is why I want to pass the string to my
menu pulldown as such:

my @slt_opt = qw/\$slt/;

$frame3->Label(-text => "Slot ID: ")->pack(-side => 'left',
-anchor => 's',
-expand => 1);

$frame3->Optionmenu(-variable => \$slots,
-options  => [@slt_opt],
-command  => [sub {print "args=@_\n"}, 'First']);

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Am I reaching with what qw can do here?

Thanks in advance,

Joe

joe.cipale@radisys.com wrote:
> I am attempting to build a Tk:Optionmenu pull down from a string that
> is passed to a sub-routine from one of my menu items. The string may
> look like this:
> 2 3 8 10 14
>
> The string WILL change, which is why I want to pass the string to my
> menu pulldown as such:
>
> my @slt_opt = qw/\$slt/;

qw() is not what you want. It will split it's argument on whitespace and
quote each element. Checkout 'perldoc perlop' for more details.
You simply want this:

my @slt_opt = (\$slt);

--Ala