#!usr/bin/perl
#Fig 6.17: fig06_17.pl
# Demonstrating packages.

# make FirstPackage.pm available to this program
require FirstPackage;

# define a package global variable in this program
our $variable = "happy";

# display values from the main package 
print "From main package:\n";
print "\$variable = $variable\n";
print "\$main::variable = $main::variable\n";

# display values from FirstPackage
print "\nFrom FirstPackage:\n";
print "\$FirstPackage::variable = $FirstPackage::variable\n";
print "\$FirstPackage::secret = $FirstPackage::secret\n";

# use a subroutine in FirstPackage to display the 
# values of the variables in that package
FirstPackage::displayFirstPackageVariables();

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