"Jair V. B. Junior" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi all, here comes a little confusing question :-) > > a.pl: > #!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings; #this will help show you where you went wrong > require 'b.def'; The code in b.def is executed right now, before anything else in a.pl is executed > $test = 'World!'; *now* you're defining the variable $test. > print $abacus; > > b.def: > $abacus = "Hello $test"; At the point in which this file is require'd, no such variable $test exists. $test is therefore undefined (which is treated as an empty string in string context). So this line is equivalent to: $abacus = 'Hello ' . ''; > When I run it: > $ perl a.pl > Hello > > Why is this going wrong? Hope this helps, Paul Lalli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
