As Per my Understanding... The last line file must contain the line with the 1; statement. As This in effect returns a true value to the program using the module. if you are Not using the 1; statement it will not let the module be loaded correctly.
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Sunita Pradhan < sunita.pradhan.2...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > Why a perl programmer use 1 or any number as last statement in module or > package (like : 1;)? > I checked without that also package gets loaded . > > Can somebody please explain properly , it would be good with examples ? > > Thanks > Sunita > -- ********************************************************* Don't ask them WHY they hurt you, because all they'll tell you is lies and excuses. Just know they were wrong, and try to move on. **********************************************************