Hello:

Is there a way to easily include external variables?

I have about a half dozen scripts that have a good deal of variables that are the same in all of them. Things like font file locations, look-up tables, etc. It would be nice if I could put these all in a common file, and then just include that file like a module. Things like this and many more:

$font41        = "/usr/share/fonts/liberation-fonts/LiberationSans-Reg
+ular.ttf";
$font42        = "/usr/share/fonts/liberation-fonts/LiberationSans-Ita
+lic.ttf";
$font43        = "/usr/share/fonts/liberation-fonts/LiberationSans-Bol
+d.ttf";
$font44        = "/usr/share/fonts/liberation-fonts/LiberationSans-Bol
+dItalic.ttf";

my %w16towdirection = (
    "N", "North",
    "S", "South",
    "E", "East",
    "W", "West",
    "NE", "Northeast",
    "SE", "Southeast", 
    "SW", "Southwest",
    "NW", "Northwest",
    "NNE", "North-northeast", 
    "ENE", "East-northeast", 
    "ESE", "East-southeast", 
    "SSE", "South-southeast",
    "SSW", "South-southwest", 
    "WSW", "West-southwest", 
    "WNW", "West-northwest", 
    "NNW", "North-northwest",
    );

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I'm sure this can be done, but in searching I think I am not using quite the correct terms to get results that seem to be the answer I think I am looking for.

Any help pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks!

In reply to Include external variables? by johnfl68

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