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$var invokes function?


From: jscripter
Subject: $var invokes function?
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 12:12:04 -0700 (PDT)

Hi,

Is it possible to create a variable whose value is determined by a function?

Silly example: somehow define $today to return the output of /bin/date

and that way one can write: echo today is $today

Thanks,


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