perlquestion tel2 <p>Hi Monks,</p> <p>What is a simple way to execute a string as a Perl command, in a Perl script?</p> <p>For example, let's say I have a scalar assignment like this:</p> <code>$cmd = '$var1 = 5;';</code> <p>If I want to execute $cmd, ending up with $var1 containing 5, what's an easy way to do it, (without parsing the string, picking out the variable & value, and making the assignment with an indirect reference). &nbsp;I've looked at 'eval', and other posts here, but can't find anything appropriate yet.</p> <p>Thanks.<br> Tel2</p>