I see what you are trying to get across, but it is quite muddy. I am using a simple looking module for getting SETI@Home stats (SETI-WebStats-1.02), so far this is the code I got working 


use SETI::WebStats;

  my $emailAddr  = "wmarcy\@stny.rr.com";
  my $seti       = SETI::WebStats->new($emailAddr);
  my $unitsProcd = $seti->numResults;

  print "Work Units Processed = ",$unitsProcd;

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The third line is what is throwing me, what does it do? I know it is "invoking" the module some how, but I can't fathom how (how is that for a complete idiot newbie question?)

Thanks for the help!

Oh, and the program actually works! I am amazed. Even though I only added one line and removed a half dozen or so that I didn't need.

On looking at my question preview mode, I am also wondering what the operator "->" is doing in the program also?

In reply to Re: Using modules for Newbies by Hielo
in thread The Gates of Perl are not newbie friendly. by Hielo

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