String variable eval in binaries

[Serge Aleynikov]

I don't think it's a valid syntax.  Use:

<<$h, $e, $l, $l, $o>>.

and

list_to_binary(Str).

Serge

Inswitch Solutions wrote:
>  
> Hi,
>  
> <<"hello">>.
> <<104,101,108,108,111>>
> <<[$h, $e, $l, $l, $o]>>.
> ** exited: {badarg,[{erl_eval,expr,3}]} **
> Str = "hello".
> <<Str>>.
> ** exited: {badarg,[{erl_eval,expr,3}]} **
> Int =1.
> <<Int>>.
> <<1>>  
>  
> "hello" == [$h, $e, $l, $l, $o].
> true
>  
>  
> Any ideas? 
>  
>  
> thanks,
> Eduardo
>  
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