I'm using strict. I have a set of 11 defined values which are used by the main script, and all subroutines. The values don't change. They're mnemonics to specify the array location of fields. Example:

my $Date = 0; my $Time = 1;

I'm currently declaring this block of variables with slightly different names in each of the subroutine modules. Example from a module:

my $SRE_Date = 0; my $SRE_Time = 1;

I'd like to declare these globally in the main script, but avoid using :: notation, since this would be as verbose as my subroutine-specific naming scheme. Either way seems clunky, so I checked here for nodes on how to declare these globally. The clearest I could find was:
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=22782
I then tried several different ways, and the best I can come up with is this:

use vars ( $Date, $Time );
$Date = 0; $Time = 1;

Placing that in my main script, I still get error messages like

Global symbol "$Date" requires explicit package name at Master.Pl line 13.

Putting it in a seperate module to use, I have run into this message:

Use of uninitialized value $_ in pattern match (m//) at C:/Perl/lib/vars.pm

I know I'm missing something which I'll likely spend an inordinate amount of time trying to decipher. If you've seen this before, or know how to declare variables globally using strict, I'd appreciate your input.

Dyslexics Untie !!!

In reply to use vars - how to use this by JockoHelios

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