I really do not understand what you are trying to do. In your test program, you are getting 1 in scalar context, and ("test") in list context. And that's ok. Could you give an example of what in your eyes in a failure?

Also, in your title, you suggest that you want the function to return an array, but in the text, you talk about returning a list. A list, and not a scalar. But this is very confusing. First, a function can not return an array. A function returns either a scalar, or a list. What it returns is determined by the context, and the context alone. A scalar will be returned in scalar context, and a list will be returned in list context. The return @x in the test function never returns an array - it returns a scalar in scalar context, and a list (consisting of the elements of @x) in list context.

BTW, what is your fear of modules?

Abigail

In reply to Re: Did I get what I expected (an array)? by Abigail-II
in thread Did I get what I expected (an array)? by bronto

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