variable in HERE document

[mike]

hi

i have a here doc assigned to a variable

my $datetime = "30 Jun 2004" ;

my $strings <<'EOF'
declare @lastaccessdate = "$datetime"
declare @today_date = "30 Jun 2004"
EOF

how can i interpolate the $datetime variable
inside the here doc?? I need to have the 'EOF' instead of "EOF"

thanks

[Jürgen Exner]

Re: variable in HERE document

mike wrote:[color=blue]
> hi
>
> i have a here doc assigned to a variable
>
> my $datetime = "30 Jun 2004" ;
>
> my $strings <<'EOF'
> declare @lastaccessdate = "$datetime"
> declare @today_date = "30 Jun 2004"
> EOF
>
> how can i interpolate the $datetime variable
> inside the here doc??[/color]

You are explicitely asking perl _not_ to interpolate the variable but to
take the text "$datetime" literally.
If you want a variable to be interpolated then use the proper double quotes.
[color=blue]
> I need to have the 'EOF' instead of "EOF"[/color]

Why?

jue