Re: Using variable contents in new variable name

[imp]

Perl allows this through symbolic references... but their use results in messy code that is difficult to maintain, and violates strict (which should always be used).

You should use a different type of data structure instead - arrays and hashes are very appropriate here.

my @work_array;
$work_array[5] = "plumbing";

my %work_hash;
$work_hash{5} = "plumbing";