Hi Ralf, TMHO, you should create the $test before printing it.
In fact, change print "1: $testThis::test\n"; into testMod::testThis(); and afterwards, the $test will be available. OR: having $test global is not so profitable because you want be able to have your personal $test variable. You should better create it localy to testMod with the my (outside the testThis) and call it using $testMod::test or better using a accesor. #================================== package testMod; use strict; use Exporter; my $Test; # blabla.. our @ISA = ("Exporter"); our @EXPORT = qw(&getTest &testThis); our @EXPORT_OK = qw(&getTest &testThis); sub testThis{ $test = "test"}; sub getTest { return $Test }; 1; the caller-program 'test.pl' #================================== use lib "E:/ddswork/process_data/_makeLevel2"; use testMod qw(&testThis $test); use strict; testMod::testThis(); print "1: ".testMod::getTest()." \n"; print "2: $test\n"; hope it help Michel -----Message d'origine----- De: Ralf Schaa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: jeudi 4 mars 2004 13:51 À: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet: packages and variables Cheers all, i am doing my first steps with writing packages/modules and of course there are problems: the module holds a variable in a subroutine. this variable i like to pass to the callerprogram, so it is in the @EXPORT_OK and even in the @EXPORT. So far so good, i thought! but nothing happens when i run the caller-program... i tried also defining with 'my ..' , or without 'use strict' ... somebody has the clue? thanx -ralf the module 'testMod.pm'' #================================== package testMod; use strict; use Exporter; our @ISA = ("Exporter"); our @EXPORT = qw($test &testThis); our @EXPORT_OK = qw($test &testThis); sub testThis{ our $test = "test";} 1; the caller-program 'test.pl' #================================== use lib "E:/ddswork/process_data/_makeLevel2"; use testMod qw(&testThis $test); use strict; print "1: $testThis::test\n"; print "2: $test\n"; ==> nothing is printed... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>