Mark Hensler — Sat, 27 Jan 2001 06:44:02 +0000

'use strict'... is this like 'Option Explicit'?

Thanks Rob, that example helps a lot. (I can see the box of code....)

Rob Pengelly — Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:40:10 +0000

Here is a little code snippet to understand it a little more.

my $fn = 'rob';
{
	my $ln = 'pengelly';
	print "$fn $ln"; # output: "rob pengelly"
}
print "\n$fn $ln"; # output: "rob "

'
As you can see, $ln can only be accessed inside the block, while $fn can be accessed anywhere.

Orpheus — Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:37:41 +0000

'my' declares the variable. it's mostly used with the 'use strict;' at the top of the script.

it saves people loads of time if they are trying to trouble shoot scripts. if you mistype a variable it will be a lot easier to find if you do use the 'use strict;' and my in front of variables.

it's also used for declaring local variables in functions.

hope that helps