I am writing my first module just to see if I can get it to work. It is extremely simple:

use strict;
use warnings;
package Example;
use Exporter;
@EXPORT = "$thing";
our $thing = "thing";
1;

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Then I used the module in a simpler script:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Mine::Package;

print $thing;

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I know I got the module name right. My module is located in Perl/site/lib/Mine/Example/ on my computer. So why isn't my program printing "thing"?

Thanks

UPDATE:I changed some package and folder names to make it easier on everyone. I also changed my code to look like my reply to davido. Added strictures.

--perl.j

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