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

what is "$::example" variable stands for? is it global package variable? pls suggest me.

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Re: $:: variable
by psini (Deacon) on Jul 11, 2008 at 08:24 UTC

    $::var is the same as $main::var. It is a shorthand for referring a global var in package main.

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Re: $:: variable
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 11, 2008 at 07:01 UTC 
    C:\>perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e"$::example"
$example;
-e syntax OK

C:\>perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e"package foo;$::example"
package foo;
$main::example;
-e syntax OK

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