You want to create a module. You'll probably want to read perlmod first. Here's a very basic example to get you started (untested): 


############################
# filename: MyFirstModule.pm

package MyFirstModule;

our %common_codes_hash = (
    '000001' => 'ITEM _First',
    '000002' => 'Item B',
    '000003' => 'House',
    # ....);

1;

__END__

########################
# filename: myscript1.pl

use MyFirstModule;

my $whatever = $MyFirstModule::common_codes_hash{$foo};

# ....

__END__

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Later, you can get fancy by using Exporter to export your common data structures or functions into the script's namespace, and other things.

Update: changed the my to our (realized the error at the same time as snowcrash).

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edan (formerly known as 3dan)

In reply to Re: Hash Question by edan
in thread Hash Question by Anonymous Monk

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