I'm returning multiple values from one of my functions with strange results... this is a snippet from the end of the sub. the hash %results is correctly constructed here.. and the value of $type is what is to be expected. 
my %results;

my $type = "XXX";
                
while(my @row = $sth->fetchrow_array)
     {$results{$row[0]} = $row[1];}

                
return (%results,$type);

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however when calling the function in this manner 
my (%results, $type) = findResults();

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$type is undef and %results has the value of the $type stuck in the middle of the hash with aparently a null key.. The rest of the hash contains the corect values. does anyone have any idea why this would be? I can be more specific if need be..
editing the actual content of your script for privacy reasons is a pain, so I tried to give as much detail as I could w/o rewriting the script with non-descript names.

In reply to Returning multiple values from a function by Grygonos

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