Bagarre has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm looking for a program or script or something that can show me all of the sub routines in a program and also what other subroutines they can call.

Kind of like a graphical representation of a database but with a perl program.

The program in question is almost 3000 lines long and it's hard to keep track of what subroutines are called by what.

Thanks a ton!

Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.

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Re: Graphicaly view a perl script??
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Jan 27, 2005 at 14:46 UTC
    See B::Xref

    Also, if you search perlmonks for B::Xref you'll find similar previous discussions -> B::Xref site:perlmonks.thepen.com

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Re: Graphicaly view a perl script??
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 27, 2005 at 14:48 UTC

    B::Xref will generate an indented text calltree of a program for you. That will provide you with the information you require to produce a graph or diagram if you feel that is necessary or desirable.

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Re: Graphicaly view a perl script??
by borisz (Canon) on Jan 27, 2005 at 14:50 UTC
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Re: Graphicaly view a perl script??
by thor (Priest) on Jan 27, 2005 at 14:49 UTC
    If you can find a way to parse the Perl code, GraphViz will be of tremendous help.

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Re: Graphicaly view a perl script??
by pelagic (Priest) on Jan 27, 2005 at 15:14 UTC
    Bagarre,
    you might also consider using a commercial IDE such as (depending on your development platform) Komodo.

    pelagic
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