He want's to take then in his global variables list.. where $DOMAIN is
plexus.com and ADMIN is Chuck

Etienne

dan radom wrote:
> 
> just a thought, but how can you print a variable that hasn't been defined yet?
> 
> dan
> 
> * Tomasi, Chuck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > System: Sun Ultra 2, Solaris 7 (11/99)
> > Perl: 5.6.0
> >
> > I have a series of related programs that need global definitions ($DOMAIN,
> > $ADMIN, $DBNAME, etc).  My code looks something like this:
> >
> > ----------<g.pl>----------------
> > #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
> >
> > use strict;
> > use DBI;
> >
> > require "defs.pl";
> >
> > print "Welcome to $DOMAIN, $ADMIN\n";
> >
> >
> > ------------<defs.pl>------------
> > #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
> >
> > use strict;
> >
> > my $DOMAIN="plexus.com";
> > my $ADMIN="Chuck";
> >
> > --------------------------------
> >
> > Of course, when I run g.pl I get the infamous,
> >
> > Global symbol "$DOMAIN" requires explicit package name at ./g.pl line 7.
> > Global symbol "$ADMIN" requires explicit package name at ./g.pl line 7.
> > Execution of ./g.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
> >
> > I've tried "my" and "local", but local just changes the error to complain
> > about an explicit package being required.  I'm missing something basic.
> >
> > How can I define these variables to be known in g.pl, h.pl, and other
> > programs that require defs.pl?
> >
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