I'm writing a simple script that grabs the largest number from a list. I am trying out the List::Util function and am getting an error. Below is code and error 

#! /usr/bin/perl
use v5.16;
use warnings;
use List:: Util qw(max);

#############
##  03/14/19
##  Program utilizes List::Util function

   my $max = max( 55, 101, 3, 983, 17, 45, 8744, 2)
   print " This is the largest $max \n";
syntax error at ./Page_290 line 4, near "Util qw(max)"
syntax error at ./Page_290 line 11, near ")
   print"
Execution of ./Page_290 aborted due to compilation errors

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TIA the catfish

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In reply to Use of List::Util by catfish1116

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