thats wild that it doesnt even need test_2() called. I tried it and it did work, but why does it work even when test_2() isnt called? I will more than likely use this, otherwise I will have to change up abunch of code.
EDIT: i found another problem as well ;) I also am converting the data to its hex equivalent with unpack('H*', ()).

Why does this fail: 
push @test_2_data, unpack('H*', (test_2( $test ))) for 1 .. 4;
print $_ for(@test_2_data);

[download]

And this works: 
push @test_2_data, test_2( $test ) for 1 .. 4;

for(@test_2_data){
    $_ = unpack('H*', $_);
}

print $_ for(@test_2_data);

[download]

In reply to Re^4: sub will not return data (after data has been returned) by james28909
in thread sub will not return data correctly (the way i want it to!!) by james28909

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.