[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having a very frustrating time with a small test program I'm trying to > write. I'm using ActivePerl 5. I'm sure the answer is simple and I'll kick > myself when someone clarifies the matter, but here goes anyway: > > The error message is: > > "Undefined subroutine &main::html_chars called at test2.pl line 104." > > The code starts: > > use strict; > use warnings; > use DBI; > > After connection to the database and extraction of relevant data into a file > (which works), I call the first subroutine thus: > > &html_chars; > > The actual sub routine is further down on the script page, but I don't want > to put the sub routines before the main program unless I really have to. > > I read the manual on subroutines, and tried all the variations of the > phrases listed under "synopsis" and none made any difference to the problem. > So how does one define a subroutine?
Since you have not shown you subroutine declaration I can only guess By subroutines manpage I guess you mean perlsub, if you have tried all options given there one possible problem is that the html_chars falls under a different package. Search for the string package in your script and check if html_chars falls in its scope. If so you will have call it as <package name>::html_chars > > > Thanks. > > Anne Webel > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
