Re^3: updating a variable call in a hash table

Is there no simple way to do this w/o invoking a module?

Sure there is!

$sentence = q("The next color is $color.");

$color = q(blue);

print eval $sentence;
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You can learn how to be lazy later :-)

Note: There can be security implications if $color is supplied by user input.

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Re^4: updating a variable call in a hash table by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Feb 09, 2009 at 06:18 UTC
Note: There can be security implications if $color is supplied by user input. Famous last words!	[reply]
Re^4: updating a variable call in a hash table by shmem (Chancellor) on Feb 09, 2009 at 13:32 UTC
No need for eval. `$sentence = sub { "The next color is ". shift }; $color = q(blue); print $sentence->($color);` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: updating a variable call in a hash table by coopermc (Initiate) on Feb 09, 2009 at 04:48 UTC
Aha, that is what I was after. Thank you.	[reply]