Using 'my' in this situation though would require that i pass that value on to the next sub routine wouldnt it? for example:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
&one;
sub one {
  my $a = "hello";
  &two($a);
}
sub two {
  my $a = shift;
  print $a;
}

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i ask simply because this whole exercise is being done for a rather lengthy script i have that makes use of several subroutines, all called from one main sub. i end up passing a fairly long group of variables to each of the other subs

sub execute {
  &ccCopy($source,$destination,$host,$error);
}
sub ccCopy {
  my $source = shift;
  my $destination = shift;
  my $host = shift;
  my $error = shift;
}

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this works, but i was hoping to use 'local' two get rid of these extra lines and try to streamline a bit.

humbly -c

In reply to Re: Re: Understanding why strict prevents a use of local by c
in thread Understanding why strict prevents a use of local by c

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