#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

our $pax_1 = "foo";
my $plus = 1;
my $name = "pax_$plus";
my $paxing = ${$name};

print "$paxing\n";

__END__
Can't use string ("pax_1") as a SCALAR ref while "strict refs" in use at ./880063.pl line 8.