#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use 5.010; use lib "template_stuff"; use steps1; # main data structure my %vars = ( fears => 'fears2.txt', causes => 'causes2.txt', width => 50, ); my $rvars = \%vars; my $return = pop_texts( $rvars ); say "returned was \n $$return"; __END__