dtharby,
Returning data from a sub is much like passing data to the sub. It is simple as long as they are all scalars. If you have hashes and arrays then you likely need to pass or return by reference - here is an example: 
my ($scalar, $a_ref, $h_ref) = some_sub(42, \@foo, \%bar);
sub some_sub {
    my $answer = shift;
    my ($foo, $bar) = @_;
    return ($answer, $foo, $bar);
}

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Let us know if that doesn't clear things up.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re: Subroutines and Passing data ... by Limbic~Region
in thread Subroutines and Passing data ... by dtharby

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