error asking pakage namewhile using hashes

[Anonymous Monk]

my(@words, $count, $word);

chomp(@words =<STDIN> );

foreach $word (@words) {

$count{$word} += 1;  #or $count{$word}++;

}

foreach $word (keys %count){

}

this gives an error requires package name..any one plz help me thanks in advance

[boftx]

Well, assuming you have a use strict; that you did not include in the code sample then %count is not being explicitly defined. You are declaring $count, but you are using it as a hash, $count{$word}. Change $count to %count and it should be okay.

my(@words, %count, $word);

Update: added explicit example of where to make the change.