> I'm trying to use eval to execute all the code contained in a separate
> file.  I've tried the following:

> eval "file.pl";

> but, of course, that ends up trying to execute the string "file.pl" as
> if it were code.

> How can I make eval run the code contained in file.pl?

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>> I'm trying to use eval to execute all the code contained in a separate
>> file.  I've tried the following:

>eval {
>    require "file.pl";
>};

> or

> open(F, "file.pl") || die;  
> {
>    local $/;
>    $a=<F>;
> }
> eval "$a";

> or, if you don't really need eval...

>do "file.pl";

> >> I'm trying to use eval to execute all the code contained in a separate
> >> file.  I've tried the following:

> >eval {
> >       require "file.pl";
> >};

> > or

> > open(F, "file.pl") || die;  
> > {
> >       local $/;
> >       $a=<F>;
> > }
> > eval "$a";

> > or, if you don't really need eval...

> >do "file.pl";

> "do" may be better than "require" anyway, since they have another
> important difference: "do" runs the code every time, and "require" runs
> it only a single time.  So usually "do" is useful if you need to
> actually run code, whereas "require" is useful if you want to do things
> like define subroutines.

>   - Logan