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This noncompliant code example contains a variable $new_name that is initialized , but never subsequently read.

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sub fix_name {
  my $name = shift;
  my $new_name = $name;

  $name =~ s/^([a-z])/\U$1\E/g;
  $name =~ s/ ([a-z])/ \U$1\E/g;
  return $name;
}

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bgColor	#ccccff
lang	perl


sub fix_name {
  my $name = shift;

  $name =~ s/^([a-z])/\U$1\E/g;
  $name =~ s/ ([a-z])/ \U$1\E/g;
  return $name;
}

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Recommendation	Severity	Likelihood	Remediation Cost	Priority	Level
MSC01-PL	low Low	unlikely Unlikely	high High	P1 L1	L3

Automated Detection

Tool	Diagnostic
Perl::Critic	Variables::ProhibitUnusedVariables

SEI CERT C

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Coding Standard

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	MSC13-C. Detect and remove unused values
SEI CERT C++

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Tool	Diagnostic
Perl::Critic	Variables::ProhibitUnusedVariables

[CPAN]	Elliot Shank, Perl-Critic-1.116 Variables::ProhibitUnusedVariables

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