package My_Stuff; use strict; use Data::Dumper; require Exporter; use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT); @ISA = qw(Exporter); @EXPORT = qw (@ary); my @ary = ( rec_length => 'A4', fname => 'A20', lname => 'A20', ); 1; #### package Record_Stuff; use strict; use Data::Dumper; use My_Stuff; my $rec_struct = [ @ary, title => 'A4', initials => 'A3', street => 'A40', ]; sub get_record_structure { return $rec_struct; } 1; #### use strict; use Data::Dumper; use Record_Stuff; print Dumper Record_Stuff::get_record_structure(); #### $VAR1 = [ title, 'A4', initials, 'A3', street, 'A40', ];