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What is the "my" keyword used for in PERL?

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It sets scope:

my $var1="world";
{
	my $var1="hello";
	print "$var1 ";
}
print "$var1\n";

Output:

hello world
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It sets scope:

my $var1="world";
{
	my $var1="hello";
	print "$var1 ";
}
print "$var1\n";

Output:

hello world

Good answer. If you want to read more I strongly recommend Coping With Scoping which explains in simple language with examples the difference between variables declared with my and package, or global, variables.

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