Re: working example File::Taill

From: Richard Morse (remorse_at_partners.org)
Date: 03/19/04

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    In article <Pine.GSO.4.58.0403192105350.19242@keg.cs.vu.nl>,
     David de Kloet <dskloet@cs.vu.nl> wrote:

    > Jim roos:
    >
    > > Hi there,
    > >
    > > As a newbie to perl i have problems to get the following script to run
    > > properly.
    > > I get the message
    > > Global symbol "$file" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 09
    > > Global symbol "$line" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 10
    > > Can someone help me out please...
    >
    > I'm fairly new to perl but I believe you should add the line:
    > my($file, $line);
    > to declare your variables (since you use strict).

    It's better not to pre-declare your variables -- declare them just where
    you'd need them...

    Ricky

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