Hello Wise Monks,

Is there a way a subroutine can return 2 individual arrays at the same time.

How can I do the following? (If at all I can do it?) 


my @array = &xsubroutine();
my @mainarray1 = shift @array;
my @mainarray2 = shift @array;

sub xsubroutine{
my (@array1, @array2)

yada;
yada;

psuh (@array1, $_);

yada;
yada;

push(@array2, $_);

}

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At this point I want the subroutine to Return both the arrays (array1 and array2) to the "main" for furthur use as shown. Can I even do this?

Thank you all for the help.

ALM (A Learning Monk)

In reply to Returning two arrays.. by ginju75

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