I am looking for a solution that allows the package scope variables to be defined in a different file
Best Regards, Dov Levenglick SmartDSP OS Development Leader -----Original Message----- From: Shlomi Fish [mailto:shlo...@iglu.org.il] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 13:03 To: perl@perl.org.il Cc: Levenglick Dov-RM07994 Subject: Re: [Israel.pm] Importing variable Hi Dov, On Tuesday 31 August 2010 12:47:10 Levenglick Dov-RM07994 wrote: > Hi, > Although this is bound to be the oldest question in the book, how do I > perform the C equivalent of #include "defines.h" in Perl 5.12 > I want to have a separate file that will define variables accessible to > all parts of my script. If it makes the answer any easier, they can > become environment variables (i.e. inserted into %ENV). > You can define package-scope variables using something like: [code] # Define a variable: our $pi = 3.141592; our $num_days_in_year = 365; # And then wherever: sub hello { my $r = shift; print "You have a circle with a circumeference of ", (2 * $::pi * $r), "\n"; } [/code] Even modules (that can be loaded using "use", "require", etc.) can define such package scope variables. Regards, Shlomi Fish > > Best Regards, > Dov Levenglick > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl mailing list > Perl@perl.org.il > http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Why I Love Perl - http://shlom.in/joy-of-perl God considered inflicting XSLT as the tenth plague of Egypt, but then decided against it because he thought it would be too evil. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list Perl@perl.org.il http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
