in reply to Passing variables

How are you loading the .pl file, and what do you expect it to do? The usual thing would be something like this, 

# in foo.cgi:
my $password = 'thesecret';
require 'thefile.pl';
my $encoded = encrypto( $password );

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The phrasing 'pass data to the file' sounds like you are trying some other usage. You should look at scoping, particularly file scope, to see what data is shared with a loaded file.

After Compline,
Zaxo

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Re^2: Passing variables
by intranetman (Acolyte) on Sep 13, 2004 at 16:34 UTC
    You were dead on with your assumption. My setup is as follows: 
    #in foo.cgi
my $password = 'thesecret';
require 'thefile.pl';
my $encode = encrypto($password);

#in thefile.pl
sub encrypto($) {
   # encryption algorithm

   ...
   return $Finished;
}

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    I then get an error message that says  thefile.pl did not return a true value at foo.cgi line 10. Line 10 is the  require 'thefile.pl' line.
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      That error message would have simplified the answer. From perldoc -f require,

      The file must return true as the last statement to indicate successful execution of any initialization code, so it's customary to end such a file with "1;" unless you're sure it'll return true otherwise. But it's better just to put the "1;", in case you add more statements.

      After Compline,
      Zaxo

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        Thanks for the reply everything works well now. Interesting usages. Perldoc = Savior. Much appreciated.
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