How to pass a filename or a filehandle, two arrays to a function? I have done this:

open INPUT,"$old";
my (@arrayold,@arraynew);
myfunc(*INPUT,\@arrayold,\@arraynew)


sub myfunc {
my ($file,@array1,@array2) = @_ ;
my $j = 0;
my $k = 0;
while (my $line = <$file)
{ my($word1,$word2) = split(",",$line);
  $array[$j++] = $word1;
  $array[$k++] = $word2;
}
}

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As you can guess, my function reads a file which has info like:

1,//http:abcd
2,//http:avcd

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into two arrays one containing the number and the other containing the address. I am only getting blank arrays. Am I passing it wrong? Kindly help.

In reply to Passing a file handle and two arrays to a function by reference. by subr01

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