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Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name

crfreaks
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Mar 22, 2014, 7:55 PM

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Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name	Can't Post

hello,
I am just starting out and was just tring out a lesson i found and well i can not get it to work.

syntax error, near "my"
Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name

Code

 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w 
use strict; 
use warnings; 
 
print "Hello World\n"; 
print "What is your name?\n;" 
 
my $name = readline STDIN; 
chomp ($name); 
print "Hello $name how may i help you today?\n"

BillKSmith
Veteran

Mar 22, 2014, 9:23 PM

Post #2 of 5 (2452 views)

Re: [crfreaks] Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name [In reply to]	Can't Post

Note location of semicolon.

Code

print "What is your name?\n";

Good Luck,
Bill

crfreaks
New User

Mar 22, 2014, 9:32 PM

Post #3 of 5 (2450 views)

Re: [BillKSmith] Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name [In reply to]	Can't Post

Wow i looked at that line at least 30 times and did not see that error.. Thanks

Laurent_R
Veteran / Moderator

Mar 23, 2014, 5:16 AM

Post #4 of 5 (2448 views)

Re: [crfreaks] Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

Wow i looked at that line at least 30 times and did not see that error.. Thanks

The lesson is that when you get a compile error on line n, you must look not only at line n but also at line n - 1 and also at the previous lines (sometimes the error is 10 or more lines above the line at which the compiler choked).

FishMonger
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Mar 23, 2014, 8:49 AM

Post #5 of 5 (2446 views)

Re: [crfreaks] Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name [In reply to]	Can't Post

Quote

Code

my $name = readline STDIN;

That is normally written as:

Code

my $name = <STDIN>;

You can also combine it with the chomp statement.

Code

chomp (my $name = <STDIN>);

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