Dirk Koopman writes: > Is there some incantation (probably including {}) that allows one to > do something like: > > print "This is $syiq->UNIQID"; One option is to use Interpolation.pm from CPAN: use Interpolation _ => 'identity'; print "This is $_{$syiq->UNIQID}"; Slightly less ugly than the reference-interpolation trick, I think. -- Aaron Crane