Re: splitting a source file

I don't think kd is talking about creating a "module", but just simply separting his subroutines from his main code block. All you need to do is put the subroutines in a separate file, say 'subs.pl', and just do

require "subs.pl";
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Once you figure out separting routines from primary code, then you can move on to writing your own modules, packages and so forth, kd. Hope this helps.

Update: And, almut and chromatic caught my mistake on using 'use', which was incorrect. I was mistaken and it should be the following to get compile time inclusion:

BEGIN { do "subs.pl"; }
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Thanks for the catch, guys.

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Re^2: splitting a source file by chromatic (Archbishop) on Oct 24, 2007 at 19:55 UTC
`use "subs.pl";` Did you try it? `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use "subs.pl"; foo(); bar(); syntax error at use_subs.pl line 6, near "use "subs.pl"" Execution of use_subs.pl aborted due to compilation errors. #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use subs.pl; foo(); bar(); syntax error at use_subs.pl line 6, near "use subs." Execution of use_subs.pl aborted due to compilation errors.` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: splitting a source file by Anonymous Monk on Oct 24, 2007 at 20:52 UTC
I'm having problems running your example on my Vista desktop. Is there anything special I need or is there a bug in your example?	[reply]
Re^4: splitting a source file by chromatic (Archbishop) on Oct 24, 2007 at 20:57 UTC
The bug was the point; use doesn't work that way. That's why I think use with a real module is simpler.	[reply]
Re^2: splitting a source file by almut (Canon) on Oct 24, 2007 at 19:51 UTC
`use "subs.pl";` ... or, `require "subs.pl";` Actually, it must be `require "subs.pl";` or `do "subs.pl";` — `use "subs.pl";` is a syntax error... </nitpick> (To get the compile-time effect, you can wrap the `require` in a `BEGIN { ... }` block.)	[reply] [d/l] [select]