Your correct. Actually I was trying to pass that variable back when it was local to
the sub routine instead of assigning it to a variable outside the routine i.e
$process_data2=dateme( );
where process_data2 is either global or assigned as my OUTSIDE that particular routine.
Thanks,
JC
Flemming Greve Skovengaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
jason corbett wrote:
> I have a sub routine that I created called dateme.
> when i run the sub routine, I am getting errors that Global symbol "$process_date"
> requires explicit package name at ....What gives?
>
> Thanks,
> JC
>
> Here is the snipet
>
> #---called from
>
> dateme( );
>
>
> #---------------------------
> sub dateme{
>
> my $process_date=' ';
>
> $process_date=localtime( );
>
> return $process_date;
>
> }
>
>
There is no problem in this sample code.
But somewhere else in your program you must use $process_date without
declaring it first.
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