Dear Monks,

I get the following error message 


Global symbol "%specifications" requires explicit package name at corr
+elations.pl line 162.

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with the following code 

sub Diseases_of_concern {

  my $number_of_replicates = @_;

  my %specification = (
            'Disease A' => 'SC',
            'Central_comparisons' => 
                           { 'Primary' => 'S',            # x axis
                         'Secondary' => 'SC'}  # y axis
                         ,
            'Diseases to run against controls'  => 
                           { 'First' => 'S',            
                         'Second' => 'SC'}  
                          ,
            'Controls' => 
                     { 'A' => 'D',                         'B' => 'LC'
+,
                       'C' => 'COPD',
                       'D' => 'CHD'
                     }
                   
           );

  my $x_axis_label =  %specifications{'Central_comparisons'}{'Primary'
+};   #  Error specific to this line
  my $y_axis_label =  %specifications{'Central_comparisons'}{'Secondar
+y'};  #  also this one

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How do I fix that?

Update :
NB: Use warnings and use strict are used in my code.

Update B: I have fixed the stupid mistake and now I get the error message  syntax error at correlations.pl line 163, near "%specifications{" Another stupid mistake I am sure

In reply to Global symbol requires explicit package name by Win

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