Sorry, it must be because it is getting late, but I don't really understand your query.

Could you perhaps post a shorter code example with only the problem you have?

One guess (before I go to sleep): Is your problem how to return values out of a subroutine? If that's the case, check the return-function. If the subroutine is called in a list context, it can return a list.

CountZero

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