Hi I am new to perl so please help me even though my question is idiotic to you 

   
#! /usr/bin/perl 

use constant VARS => {X => 20, Y => 20};
use constant EQ => [2*Y, -2*X*Y];
$x = VARS -> {X};
$y = VARS -> {Y};
print "Val of \$x is $x \n";
print "Val of \$y is $y \n";

$temp = EQ ->[0];
print "$temp \n";

print EQ->[1]."\n";

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I get warnings even without -w saying : operator or Semicolon missing Unambiguous use of *

So can't I use already defined constants in other constants. Here, as you might have run the code, EQ->[0] or EQ->1 is not evaluated.

Appreciate any help..

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