Re: why this substitution is not working?

On 15/08/14 19:22, Rajeev Prasad wrote:
>
> calling script code snippet:
>
> $vars = {
>      userl => $userid
> };
>
> my $tt = Template->new();
> $tt->process($vars)|| die $tt->error();
>
> the template....
>      [% IF userl == 'ABC' %]
>          [% INCLUDE myfile.ABC %]
>      [% ELSIF userl == 'DEF' %]
>          [% INCLUDE myfile.DEF %]
>      [% END %]
>
> it is working, but it is a long list so i want to change it to:
>
>          [% INCLUDE myfile.[% userl %] %]
>
> THIS is not working. can someone tell me why, pl?

It's not working because you can't embed directives within directives.

You want this:

   [% INCLUDE "myfile.$userl" %]

Cheers,

Dave...