There are a couple of different ways to do this.

## 1. As an array
sub one {
   return ( $val1, $val2 ); 
}
my @ar = one();
print $ar[0], $ar[1];

## 2. As an arrayref
sub two {
   return [ $val1, $val2 ];
}
my $aref = two();
print $aref->[0], $aref->[1];

## 3. As a hashref
sub three {
   return { val1 => $val1, val2 => $val2 };
}
my $href = three();
print $href->{ 'val1' }, $href->{ 'val2' };

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I'm sure there are other ways too, but these are commonly the way I do it. I would suggest 3. for unrelated values, and 1. only if you actually want to return an array of similar values.

    -Bryan

In reply to Re: Subroutines and Passing data ... by mrborisguy
in thread Subroutines and Passing data ... by dtharby

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