sub get_name { my $name = dblookup() || undef; $name; } my $name = get_name(); if ( $name ) { print "\n My name is $name"; } else { print "\n I have no name"; } #### sub get_name { my $name = dblookup() || undef; $name; } if ( get_name() ) { print "\n My name is $_"; } else { print "\n I have no name"; }