as a network administrator i decided this week that it's about time that i quit playing with dos batch files, step up to the plate, and learn a Real Language. also, i find perl a fabulous way to piss away time programmatically organizing my mp3 collection at work while making it look like i'm doing something deep and profound. so here's the rank newbie ?:

how the heck do i make a module that exports one function, which accepts a list and returns a new list? i've purchased the o'reilly collection and have digging through it for answers to this simple question. i'm feeling kinda silly that every time i try to make a module i get a screen full of run time compile errors.

what would be really great would be a nice generic template of a .pm (i know where to put them) that can export a single function (prototype sub myfunc (@)) that returns a @list. any help?

i might add newbie ? #2 - is there a better place for such basic questions than the front of perlmonks.org, so the true shaolin perl monks out there won't have to waste their time on such shallow magic?

luma::s-video

Edit kudra, 2001-08-06 Changed title

In reply to How to make a module which exports a function, takes a list and returns a list? by luma

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