Dear monks,

I want to pass a few scalars and *two* lists two a sub. As far as I can see my initial attempts at using @_ in a simple sense didn't work. Here is my code snippet: 
sub process_something {
   my $s1;
   my $s2;
   my $l1;
   my $l2;

  ($s1, $s2, @l1, @l2) = @_;

  .
  .
  .
}

process_something($scalar1, $scalar2, @list1, @list2);

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The problem is that when the sub is called and the first assignment is made, @l1 grabs all the elements of both @list1 and @list2.

How can I pass two consecutive lists to my sub and have them assigned to two different list variables in a correct manner? I've searched the PerlMonks site but just found an example with hashes which confused me a lot. All I need is a simple construct in which I'll have two correct @l1 and @l2 at the end.

Thanks in advance.

In reply to How to pass two lists to a sub? by YAFZ

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