From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-08-21T03:20:54+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie programming question:

DiesIrae wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to pass a variable to the backticks `` function, but it is
> always interpreted as a string.  How can I get it to read the value,
> instead?  And once I do that, how can I get the results into an array?
>  Here's the example code (this probably looks horribly wrong to some
> of you...):

>   command[0]=`ping host`

Do this instead:

   command[0]=`ping #{host}`

The #{} syntax can be used to interpose not just a variable,
but any arbitrary expression.

Solvet saeclum in favilla...


Hal