concatation (please slap me!!)

hello,

ok, i am completly drawing a blank on this, and i know that i should know it.. but, i have sent a field to my script like this: $field{'option1'} $field{'option2'} $field{'option3'} ect... and what i need to do is to check each field to see if they have a value in them.. but for the life of me, i cannot remember how to properly concatate this so that i can do it all in 1 if statement. the only thing that i can come up with, which i know isnt right is this:

$i = '1'; ##start the count at 1
while ($i != '10') { ##run through all options
if ($field{'option.$i'}) {print "yes on field $i\n"} ##if they match then let me know
$i++; ##autoincriment
} ##closeout the while statement

thank you for helping me jar my frail memory..
Randor

sorry, i figured it out.. the answer is:

$i = '1'; ##start the count at 1
while ($i != '10') {##run through all options
$option = 'option'.$i; ##add it together
if ($field{"$option"}) {print "yes on field $i\n"} ##if they match then let me know
$i++; ##autoincriment
} ##closeout the while statement


thank you anyway..

Randor

just a question, but why not do:


??

unobserved,

yes, normally that wouldwork, but not only do i have the previosly shown in the hash, but also calls that i do not need, such as $field{'stat'}, so i only need the selected ones,

but thank you
Randor