#!/usr/bin/env perl use feature qw; my $name=$ARGV[0]// "var".rand; my $value=$ARGV[1]//rand; { say "Using symbolic refs"; no strict refs; $$name=$value; say "Variable name: $name Value: ${$name}"; } print "\n"; { say "Using a hash"; my %h; $h{$name}=$value; say "Variable name: $name Value: $h{$name}"; }