I had this same question answered on the perl beginners list. Object oriented programming was recommended. Someday I want to learn about that But for now what I did was give the configuration file and the scripts that use it the same package name and then I defined these variables as global Variables with the use vars. It works ok with the use strict, but it may Violate some standard perl coding practices against global variables. Maureen
-----Original Message----- From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Using strict and a configuration file? Hi all, Is it possible to use "use strict;" if I get the variables from a configuration file? I've tried: use strict; require "f:/xxx/config.txt"; #In the configuration file I have a line like my $test = "test test test"; print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print $test; This gives me an error that I should define the variable $test. I don't want to define it in the script but in the configuration file. However, if I define it in the script with my $test; the script prints an empty string and doesn't take the variable from the configuration file. Is it possible to use strict, or it is necessary to use "no strict;? Another problem, maybe bigger is that even though the script is running fine, it give me errors in the log file telling me that the variable $xxx and $yyy, ... is used only once. Is there a good method to define variables for more scripts in a single configuration file? I don't want to store my email address and other settings in each script because I may change that address, and then I will need to modify a lot. Thank you. ..... or I have another solution for defining all the variables in a configuration file? Teddy, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
