Does it look like I understand correctly (if at a really basic level) the use of "my" vs. "local"?

No, not really. I strongly recommend MJD's Coping with Scoping. In summary, you basically never want to use local.

You should also read perlsyn again, if you haven't. White space before and after = is optional, but good style. You should always quote non-numeric literals, normally with double-quotes. Variables interpolate in double-quotes, but not in single-quotes. Parentheses are for lists, which you can store in arrays.

I am glossing over a lot of details. It sounds like you need to read those 4 books again, or get better ones. These are fairly basic things.

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