Ok, I did find something that works, partly...

UNIVERSAL::require, did work partly
Here is how I did it:

use UNIVERSAL::require;
my $module = 'MA::' . $_madType;
$module->require;
my $_cardCharged = $module->chargeCard($_mad_merid);
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That does run that subroutine, chargeCard.

The problem is that it runs it before anything and everything, so even my $dbh database connection is not set, so I get errors like this:

Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at /path/to/modules/
+MA/nm.pm line 18.
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so I know it is like it is making my module execute before EVERYTHING else.

Is there a way to make this work, where it executes it right where it is at, so that the rest of my code will work with those in there?

I don't usually use my own modules, normally I do everything locally. Am I allowed to use variables I have in my main perl program in modules? Or am I supposed to import them all in, some way?

Thank you all very much for any advice you can be.

Richard

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