=head1 NAME
-perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date: 2003/01/31 17:38:14 $)
+perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2003/07/24 02:17:21 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
(like C<%main::>) instead of a user-defined hash. The solution is to
use your own hash or a real reference instead.
- $fred = 23;
+ $USER_VARS{"fred"} = 23;
$varname = "fred";
$USER_VARS{$varname}++; # not $$varname++