s/probably is/definitely is/

In 3 different modules you have 3 things named @stats. They are different. That means that no matter how you're thinking about your code, at least two of them have confusing names. For more detail, see the advice on variable naming in Code Complete II.

To answer your original question, there are three likely confusions that I can see. One is that you're trying to call functions in another module without calling use or require first. The second is that you've written the module but didn't use the package command to make the module name match the names of its functions. The third is that you've somewhere built up a data structure in a function but forgot to return it.

Still think about merlyn's design comment. Even if you don't know how to avoid a bad design right now, understanding what he reacted to will help you learn.

In reply to Re^3: Passing an array between multiple modules? by tilly
in thread Passing an array between multiple modules? by Spidy

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