#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $argument=10;
my %hash = sub_returning_hash($argument);
print "a = "; print $hash{"a"}; print "\n";
print "b = "; print $hash{"b"}; print "\n";
print "c = "; print $hash{"c"}; print "\n";

sub sub_returning_hash {
my $argument=shift;
my $a=$argument+1 ; my $b=$argument+2 ; my $c=$argument+3 ; 
my %output_record = (
  "a" => "$a",
  "b" => "$b",
  "c" => "$c"
);
return %output_record;
} # sub_returning_hash