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RE: I use return on a subroutine

by anders (Initiate)
on May 26, 2000 at 22:16 UTC ( [id://15059]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to I use return on a subroutine

Since perl allways returns the value of the last expression, I usually just states $something if the sub's supposed to return some object.

For subs that prints stuff, I leave it to print() to decide.

If an error occurs, I use return 0 after setting an error value if possible.

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RE: RE: I use return on a subroutine
by BBQ (Curate) on May 27, 2000 at 06:43 UTC
    Interesting... I do it the other way around!
    my $txt2print = MySub('This text') or warn('MySub said 0'); print $txt2print; sub MySub { my $txt = shift; $txt = { do something here } or return(0); return($txt); }
    or is that what you where saying all along?
      Sometimes I do this too. I guess it's just a matter of preference. Does anyone have a reason to use one or the other?

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