#callMult returning an array and a scalar
my @ret = callMult();
my $foo = pop @ret;

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sub callMult {
  return \@result, $count;
}

my ($result, $count) = callMult();

# you can then use
$result->[$i]; # to access the array elements
# or
@result_array = @$result; # to dereference it