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

Hello, Now I picture you guys as the dudes in the Nepalese mountains after seeing "Batman Begins".

I want to store functions that I'm writing in a common file so different files can use them. My approach right now is to store them in a file with "1;" at the end so it can be interpreted. In the calling files I have the line: require './perl_func';

Is there a better way of doing what I'm trying to do (storing functions in a common place)?

Thanks, Dan

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Re: Storing Functions
by xdg (Monsignor) on Dec 12, 2005 at 19:59 UTC

    You're on the right track already. Read Simple Module Tutorial for more.

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Re: Storing Functions
by JediWizard (Deacon) on Dec 12, 2005 at 19:55 UTC

    See use. You may also like to examine Exporter and package.

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Re: Storing Functions
by GrandFather (Saint) on Dec 12, 2005 at 20:00 UTC

    That is the way of "storing" (I'd say "organising" or "grouping" functions). What you have created is a Perl Module (often the files have a .pm extension). Take a look at Simple Module Tutorial for a little more information.

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Re: Storing Functions
by chas (Priest) on Dec 12, 2005 at 20:17 UTC
    For just loading your own functions, you can also use do 'perl_func';. There are some differences from require, although they aren't significant for what you seem to want. You might try perldoc -f require and perldoc -f do to compare.
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Re: Storing Functions
by planetscape (Chancellor) on Dec 13, 2005 at 10:33 UTC
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