Hey there, I have a minor problem with my code, I am trying to write this code with "use strict" but it is throwing error.

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper

my %count;

open FILE, "test.log";

while (<FILE>){
    my @fields = split;
    $count{$fields[1]}++;
}

print Dumper \%count;
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I feel I am doing right, but perl doesn't quite agree. I am getting the error

Global symbol "%count" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 
+11.
Global symbol "%count" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 
+14.
Execution of test.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
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What is wrong with my variable declaration? Of course it works with "use strict" commented, but the fact that it is throwing error means I am doing something wrong. Can someone correct me please?

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