Fellow Monasterians,

I'm attempting to reuse code. I have several scripts, that all have the same exact sub routines. I want to put the common subs in one file and give all the scripts access to it. What's the best way?

SCRIPT 1

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
require "common.lib";

my $name = "frodo";
$name = get_uppercase($name);

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COMMON 1

sub get_uppercase {
   my $name = shift;
   return uc($name);
}
1;

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or

SCRIPT 2

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
use Common;

my $name = "frodo";
$name = Common->get_uppercase($name);

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COMMON 2

package Common;
sub get_uppercase {
   my ($class, $name) = @_;
   return uc($name);
}
1;

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Thanks!


—Brad
"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot

In reply to Library file or module for sharing code? by bradcathey

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