Hi Monks, I am trying to understand the scope of our variables using below simple code.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

#use strict;

our $hometown = "rajkot";
our $state = "gujarat";

print "Main hometown : $hometown\n";
print "Main state : $state\n";

package dushyant;

print "dushyant first hometown : $hometown\n";
print "dushyant first state : $state\n";

print "dushyant main hometown : $main::hometown\n";
print "dushyant main state : $main::state\n";


package parmar;

our $hometown = "parmar_rajkot";
our $state = "parmar_gujarat";

print "parmar  hometown : $hometown\n";
print "parmar  state : $state\n";

print "parmar main hometown : $main::hometown\n";
print "parmar main state : $main::state\n";


package suresh;

print "suresh  hometown : $hometown\n";
print "suresh  state : $state\n";

print "suresh main hometown : $main::hometown\n";
print "suresh main state : $main::state\n";

package main;

print "Main hometown : $hometown\n";
print "Main state : $state\n";
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Output of the code is :

Main hometown : rajkot
Main state : gujarat

dushyant first hometown : rajkot
dushyant first state : gujarat
dushyant main hometown : rajkot
dushyant main state : gujarat

parmar  hometown : parmar_rajkot
parmar  state : parmar_gujarat
parmar main hometown : rajkot
parmar main state : gujarat

suresh  hometown : parmar_rajkot
suresh  state : parmar_gujarat
suresh main hometown : rajkot
suresh main state : gujarat

Main hometown : parmar_rajkot
Main state : parmar_gujarat
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Last four line of output is confusing. What i am thinking is that Either Suresh main hometown should be printed as parmar_rajkot or Main hometown should be printed as rajkot. So please help me to understand whats going on here.

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