#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; sub many { return @_ } my $one = many( 6 .. 12); my @all = many( 16 .. 18 ); my (undef, $second) = many( 26 .. 28 ); print " one $one all @all some $second "; __END__ one 7 all 16 17 18 some 27