The real problem is that when you do %paramhash = %$params1 you're getting a copy of the hash, and updating that copy doesn't update the original. So you'll have to keep a hashref, instead of a hash. Here's some code that should work for you. I've also modified a few other things, just for style purposes (for instance, sort defaults to an alphabetical sort, so there's no reason to pass the block to it). 
sub upd_info
{
    my ($hashref, $arrayref) = @_;

    for my $key (keys %{$hashref})
    {
        my $upd_flg = 0;
        for my $item (sort @{$arrayref})
        {
            if ($item =~ /^$key\s+(\w+)$/)
            {
                $upd_flg++;
                $hashref->{$key} .= " $1";
                last;
            }
        }
        if ($upd_flg == 0)
        {
            $hashref->{$key} .= " NONE";
        }
    }
}

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In reply to Re: sub routine trouble by Eimi Metamorphoumai
in thread sub routine trouble by tc1364

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