my $ComResult={sidStatComp($prevsidstat,$cursidstat)}; ... sub sidStatComp { ... return 1; } #### c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -Mstrict -MData::Dump -e "my $x = { 1 }; dd $x; " { 1 => undef } c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -MData::Dump -e "my $x = { 1 }; dd $x; " Odd number of elements in anonymous hash at -e line 1. { 1 => undef }