Greetings, I am using the following module
[module] package My::GoldenRock::Utilities; use strict; use warnings; use base 'Exporter'; our @EXPORT_OK = qw(foo bar); our %EXPORT_TAGS = (all => \@EXPORT_OK); our $VERSION = 0.1; sub foo() { print "Inside foo\n"; } sub bar { print "Inside bar\n"; } [/module] #Please note that I am not using a return value (1 in this case) as the last statement [code] use My::GoldenRock::Utilities 'bar'; print bar(); [/code] [output] Inside bar 1 [/output] From where is the number 1 coming in the output. Earlier I mentioned '1' as the last statement in the module and I thought '1' is printed in the output owing to that. How to eliminate '1' from the output? Please explain the intricacies of use base 'Exporter'; our @EXPORT_OK = qw(foo bar); our %EXPORT_TAGS = (all => \@EXPORT_OK); Any pointers are greatly appreciated. best, Shaji ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------