our $our-var = 'The our var'; my $my-var = 'The my var'; my $name = prompt 'Variable name: '; my $value = $::('name'); # use the right sigil, etc put qq/Var ($name) starts with value 「$value」/; $::('name') = 137; put qq/Var ($name) ends with value 「{$::('name')}」/;