Answer: How can one re-parse(?) a string to fill in variables contributed by repson You could try this if that is what the question means.

Answer: How can one re-parse(?) a string to fill in variables contributed by merlyn How can one phrase a question so as to make it answerable? {grin} One possible solution, since the question is so ambiguous... @a = split /\s+/, "my dog has fleas"; [download]

Answer: How can one re-parse(?) a string to fill in variables contributed by kilinrax You're question is a little vague - but I'm guessing the problem is that you have code somewhat like the following (which i'll use as an example): #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $name = 'Alex'; my $greeting = 'Hello $name!'; print $greeting; [download] Which you want to print 'Hello Alex', but currently it's printing 'Hello $name!'. The following code will do this, though is perhaps a little hack-ish, and some of our more experienced monks could enlighten both of us as to a more elegant method: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $name = 'Alex'; my $greeting = 'Hello $name!'; $greeting =~ s|\$([\w_]+)|eval "\${$1}"|e; print $greeting; [download]

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