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in reply to Re: Is it possible to get reference to scalar based on scalar name
in thread Is it possible to get reference to scalar based on scalar name

Yes, that's precisely what I'll do. I don't know why I didn't think of using a hash. As I say in my other post, I guess I was too close to the problem to see the obvious answer. Thank you for taking the time to respond!