----- Original Message -----
From: "Beckett Richard-qswi266" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:07
Subject: RE: Trouble with my variables.
> Still having harassments...
>
> I now invoke the sub thusly...
>
> update_value("ftp", $ftp{$key}{value}, $key);
>
> The sub is like this...
>
> sub update_value {
> $entry{$_[0]}{$key} -> delete (0, "end");
> $entry{$_[0]}{$key} -> insert ("end", $_[1]);
> }
>
> I get:
>
> Global symbol "$key" requires explicit package name at v06b.pl line 1561.
> Global symbol "$key" requires explicit package name at v06b.pl line 1562.
> Execution of v06b.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
>
> If I use $_[2] instead of $key, then it works. Is there a way of passing
> $key as $key to the sub?
>
> Thanks.
>
> R.
sub update_value {
my $key = $_[2];
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Dirk Bremer - Systems Programmer II - ESS/AMS - NISC St. Peters
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