Re: Filehandles named with a variable

At 03:48 PM 4/2/02 -0600, Mr Hash wrote:
>So, I'm trying to 'open ($1,">>$file")', where $1 is a string like
>"cbQosCMPrePolicyPktOverflow".
>
>Obviously, with use strict this does not work. How can I make it work? I
>need arbitrarily named filehandles. I know, it could get rended with
>gobbleworts if the data gets out of hand...

Maybe I'm missing something, but why not

         open my $fh, ">>$file";

You're constructing a unique string in $1 just so you can have a new 
filehandle?  Using open my $fh (not sure whether this was a 5.005-ism or a 
5.6-ism) you get a new lexical filehandle which seems to be what you want.

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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
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• Filehandles named with a variable by Mr Hash
• RE: Filehandles named with a variable by Timothy Johnson
• Re: Filehandles named with a variable by Mr Hash
• Re: Filehandles named with a variable by Jenda Krynicky
• Re: Filehandles named with a variable by Peter Scott
• RE: Filehandles named with a variable by David Gray