Is this some oop stuff

Hello!

I am trying to call a function here:


$Dashboard::dashboard->DoSomething($myvariable_1, $myvariable_2, $myvariable_3, $myvariable_4,$myvariable_5);



sub DoSomething {
my ( $self, $myvariable_1, $myvariable_2, $myvariable_3, $myvariable_4,$myvariable_5 ) = @_;

$self->_debug("1: $myvariable_1\n");
$self->_debug("2: $myvariable_2\n");
$self->_debug("3: $myvariable_3\n");
$self->_debug("4: $myvariable_4\n");
$self->_debug("5: $myvariable_5\n");


Is this $self some reserved variable in perl ? This is not working. saying uninitialised value for the variables @myvariable_1-5

$self isn't a reserved keyword, but when you are inside an object, methods receive the object as their first argument. You receive it even though it was not passed in, and it is traditionally captured into a variable called $self, though you could call it anything you want.

I can't tell from the context of your code snippet if you are inside or outside of an object. Also, you appear to be calling methods on the class rather than on an instantiated object.

Thanks again Keath, have a nice day!