If %Log_rooms has to be global then don't declare it as a lexical (my) variable. That makes it effectively not-existing outside its lexical scope.

Dropping the "my" makes this variable "global" in its package, which I assume to be the "main" package for lack of another package declaration, so to access the %Log_rooms on another package, you have to access it as %main::Log_rooms.

%Log_rooms = (one => 1, two => 2, three => 3); # we are in the "main" 
+package here

package Cybro_Item;

print join "\n", keys %main::Log_rooms;

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PS: There are better ways of dealing with config-files. Personally I am very fond of the family of YAML modules.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

In reply to Re: Cannot read hash variable from file as global... by CountZero
in thread Cannot read hash variable from file as global... by Anonymous Monk

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