Re: Expand/parse variables in file

On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 23:09, Gunther E. Biernat wrote: > All, > > This ought to be simple, but I can't crack it... > > I'm trying to read a plain text file where I embedded some variables. > E.g. > > abc $a def > > Sucking this file in a string and setting $a to "whatever" results in > "abc $a def" rather than "abc whatever def". Where's the difference to > directly doing the following: > > $a = "whatever"; > $b = "abc $a def"; > echo $b; > > which results in "abc whatever def" ??? > > What am I missing? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > mit freundlichen Gruessen / yours sincerely In a word, eval() :-) -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA "I won't finish in fifth place," Tom held forth.