excuse me for the idiotic comment, but i have tried to do the same as the OP and return data from a sub. like say this code for instance: 
use warnings;
use strict;
use diagnostics;

my $string = "";

add_i_to_string($string);

sub add_i_to_string {
    my ($string) = @_;
    my $new_string = $string . "i";
    add_am_to_string($new_string);
}

sub add_am_to_string {
    my ($string) = @_;
    my $new_string = $string . " am";
    add_ironman_to_string($new_string);
}

sub add_ironman_to_string {
    my ($string) = @_;
    my $new_string = $string . " ironman";
    string_print($new_string);
}

sub string_print {
    my ($string) = @_;
    print $string;
}

#prints "i am ironman"

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now my question is, would it not be better to just pass the data to another sub for printing, or is there a specific reason we should be returning data outside of a sub instead of just passing it to another?

In reply to Re: Returning all data from subroutine by james28909
in thread Returning all data from subroutine by Anonymous Monk

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