Hey there. I'm not entirely sure why it's not working as is as I am but a novice, but the following works for me: 
#!/usr/local/bin/perl

my $answer = &add(1,2);
print $answer;


sub add{
return $result = ($_[0] + $_[1]);
}

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As far as the original not working, will the initial sub ("main") even run without a call to it? I tried running it with a call for it and got an error. Also, in the the "add" sub, you are returning $answer, but it was never assigned a value in the sub.

Anyone else want to chime in? I'd like to hear more on this one as well.

mb++

was hoping to get first return, but was beat out by six minutes... curses!

In reply to Re: Returning Values from Subroutines by mojobozo
in thread Returning Values from Subroutines by johnirl

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