This is a FAQ, no point in repeating what others have explained before...

so please see

Use strict and warnings and

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1019617/when-should-you-use-a-package-variable-vs-a-lexical-variable-and-whats-the-dif

There are maybe better links, it's the best I could find so far...

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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