Global symbol "$RLTAGRL" requires explicit package name at create

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

GOAL:- I am trying to ready the keyvalues of the hash dashboard_branches and depending on the value am assigning the RLTAGURL but running into compilation error..can anyone provide guidance on what is wrong?

foreach my ${branch} (sort keys %dashboard_branches)
{
print "BRANCH: ${branch}";
if (${branch} =~ /^TAG_WCONNECT_BT/)
{
        my $RLTAGRL    = "http://qwiki.company.com/qca_CNNss/CNN-BT-FM
+/BT_TAG_Releases";
}
elsif (${branch} =~ /^TAG_BTHOST/)
{
        my $RLTAGRL    = "http://qwiki.company.com/qca_CNNss/CNN-BT-FM
+/BT_TAG_Releases";
}
elsif (${branch} =~/^TAG_WCONNECT_NFC/)
{
        my $RLTAGRL    = "http://qwiki.company.com/qca_CNNss/CNN-BT-FM
+/NFC_TAG_Releases";
"create_dashboard.pl" 217L, 6996C written
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<user:/local/mnt/workspace/user/Automation/swbuild/bin/dashboard>perl 
+create_dashboard.pl
Global symbol "$RLTAGRL" requires explicit package name at create_dash
+board.pl line 201.
Execution of create_dashboard.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
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Re: Global symbol "$RLTAGRL" requires explicit package name at create_dashboard.pl line 201. by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 19, 2014 at 19:38 UTC
Most likely the error does not occur on line 201 (whichever that is), but on another line in the `elsif` blocks. Also, your assignments to `$RLTAGRL` make very little sense as the value assigned to the lexical variables named `$RLTAGRL` will disappear as soon as the block in which `$RLTAGRL` is declared is left. What is the larger issue you are trying to address here? Blindly adding `my` in front of variable names rarely helps.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Global symbol "$RLTAGRL" requires explicit package name at create_dashboard.pl line 201. by LanX (Saint) on Jan 19, 2014 at 19:35 UTC
The code as shown doesn't emit errors, but doesn't make sense. Declare your variable with `my` in the scope where you wanna also read it. Consequently avoid `my` within the `if` - `else` branches otherwise your var won't exist outside. Have a look at coping with scoping for details. Cheers Rolf ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language) update Plz don't repost threads! Either answer yourself with additional informations or get an account to be able to update posts (like I do now)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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