dynamic variables

[antdickens]

Is there a way to nake a variable so that part of it can be changed. For example i am creating a form with data from a text file.
There are 40 lines of data so ideally i would like to say

start loop
counter = counter ++
price(counter) = x
next

then the values which i have specified in a block of html which is sent to the browser, ie

$price1,$price2

will have the values gained from the loop. Any ideas

 

[raider2001]

Sounds like you want a hash. Here's an example:

%Price = (
bread => '1.99',
eggs => '1.54',
milk => '2.39',
);

foreach $Item (sort keys %Price) {
print "The price of $Item is \$$Price{$Item}\n";
}