help with basic script

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

I don't understand why the following script will not run.I feel like I might be violating some basic structure or scope rule of a perl script. The code isas follows:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use 5.010;
use strict;
use warnings;

my $year = 2019;
my $month = 5;
my $day = 19;

print "Hello World!\n";
print"\n\t START ing script $0\n";

sub get_date {

my ($y, $m, $d) = (9999, 888, 77);

return($y, $m, $d);

} # end get_date

($year, $month, $day = get_date;
print "SA - YEAR: $year, MONTH: $month, DAY: $day\n";

print "\n\t\t END ing script $0\n";
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It's a simple script with one sub (stubbed) to return three values. the script calls the sub then prints the returned values.I am getting a Padre syntax error of"syntax error near"get_date;". I'm using the Padre IDE v0.94 with Perl v5.24.1. thanks in advance.

2019-05-30 Athanasius removed superfluous blank lines from code

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Re: help with basic script by thanos1983 (Parson) on May 28, 2019 at 15:08 UTC
Hello eddiemo, You have forgotten to close parenthesis when you store your attributes (see below): `$ perl test.pl syntax error at test.pl line 17, near "get_date;" Execution of test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.` [download] After adding the parenthesis it works :) (see below): `$ perl test.pl Hello World! START ing script test.pl SA - YEAR: 2019, MONTH: 5, DAY: 77 END ing script test.pl` [download] Sample of code for replication after modifications: `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $year = 2019; my $month = 5; my $day = 19; print "Hello World!\n"; print"\n\t START ing script $0\n"; sub get_date { my ($y, $m, $d) = (9999, 888, 77); return($y, $m, $d); } # end get_date ($year, $month, $day) = get_date; print "SA - YEAR: $year, MONTH: $month, DAY: $day\n"; print "\n\t\t END ing script $0\n";` [download] I assume the goal is to pass some parameters to the function. I would recommend to start reading here perlsub. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask again. Hope this helps, BR. Seeking for Perl wisdom...on the process of learning...not there...yet!	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: help with basic script by LanX (Saint) on May 28, 2019 at 14:58 UTC
> `($year, $month, $day = get_date; # ^ there` [download] does closing the parens help? :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: help with basic script by eddiemo (Novice) on May 28, 2019 at 21:39 UTC
Thank you Thank you Thank you! I'm torn between "thst's it"! and "that's it?!Rookie mistake - thanks for catching it!	[reply]
Re: help with basic script by marto (Cardinal) on May 28, 2019 at 15:04 UTC
replace: `($year, $month, $day = get_date;` [download] with: `($year, $month, $day) = get_date;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: help with basic script by marto (Cardinal) on May 28, 2019 at 14:24 UTC
Welcome, there doesn't seem to be any code, can you edit your post accordingly? Posts are HTML formatted. Put `<p> </p>` tags around your paragraphs. Put `<code> </code>` tags around your code and data.	[reply] [d/l] [select]