use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics; my $hero = 'Ovid'; my $fool = $hero; print "$hero isn't that much of a hero. $fool is a fool.\n"; $hero = 'anybody else'; print "$hero is probably more of a hero than $fool.\n" my %snacks = ( stinky => 'limburger', yummy => 'brie', surprise => 'soap slices', ); my @cheese_tray = values %snacks; print "our cheese tray will have: "; for my $cheese (@cheese_tray) { print "'$cheese' "; } print "\n"; #### @cisnet:~/kodzo_perl/chapter3$ perl example.pl syntax error at example.pl line 12, near "my " Global symbol "%snacks" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %snacks"?) at example.pl line 12. Global symbol "%snacks" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %snacks"?) at example.pl line 17. Execution of example.pl aborted due to compilation errors (#1) (F) Probably means you had a syntax error. Common reasons include: A keyword is misspelled. A semicolon is missing. A comma is missing. An opening or closing parenthesis is missing. An opening or closing brace is missing. A closing quote is missing. Often there will be another error message associated with the syntax error giving more information. (Sometimes it helps to turn on -w.) The error message itself often tells you where it was in the line when it decided to give up. Sometimes the actual error is several tokens before this, because Perl is good at understanding random input. Occasionally the line number may be misleading, and once in a blue moon the only way to figure out what's triggering the error is to call perl -c repeatedly, chopping away half the program each time to see if the error went away. Sort of the cybernetic version of 20 questions. Uncaught exception from user code: syntax error at example.pl line 12, near "my " Global symbol "%snacks" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %snacks"?) at example.pl line 12. Global symbol "%snacks" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my %snacks"?) at example.pl line 17. Execution of example.pl aborted due to compilation errors.