I created a module called printname.pm contents are here

package printname;

use strict;
use warnings;

my $name = ();

printname($name);

sub printname { 
     ($name) = @_;
    print "Hello, $name\n";
}


1;

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I created a directory called printname under C:\Perl64\site\lib and C:\Perl64\lib\printname and copied the file printname.pm to both directories.

My script looks like this: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use lib "C:/Perl64/lib/printname";
use printname;

printname("John");

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when I run the script I receive the following error: 

C:\Scripts>perl  testmodule.pl
Use of uninitialized value $name in concatenation (.) or string at C:/
+Perl64/lib/printname/printname.pm line 12.

Hello,
Undefined subroutine &main::printname called at testmodule.pl line 8.

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Line 8 is printname("John"); in the script any ideas? I am new to creating custom modules. I am running Perl v5.16.3 on windows 7. Thanks

Line 12 is print "\nHello, $name\n";

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