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in reply to Re^3: Using a scalar as a constant?
in thread Using a scalar as a constant?

An eval is possible, but some people rather avoid eval. You can avoid eval by making use of a symbolic reference:
my $style = 'wxTE_MULTILINE'; { no strict 'refs'; say &$style; # or: say $style->() }