Variable interpolation?

[Mad B . Jones]

Hi everyone. A little thing I fail to understand...

This of course works:
    $name="Dave";
    $string="Hello $name";
    print $string;
outputting:
    Hello Dave

Why, then, does it not work when I get the string "Hello $name" out of a file?
    $name="Dave";
    $in="textfile.txt";
    open(INFILE, "<$in");
    @string=<INFILE>;
    $string="$string[0]";
    print $string;
The output is:
    Hello $name

Thanks a million if anyone has the answer

Dave Jones


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