I know there is a simple answer to this, but I can't seem to find it. I'm self taught so don't burn me too bad. Basically, I need to pass a variable from one sub to another. Here's a simpler sample of what I am trying to do (the actual is large). 
#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use strict;

use CGI qw/:standard/;

$ENV{PATH} = "/cgi-bin";

# untaint and return value
sub IP_check {
my $_info2 = $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
my $info;

if (!$_info2) {
  $info2 = "No IP address available";
  return $info2;
}elsif ($_info2 !~ /[\%]+/ && $_info2 =~ /^(\d{1,3}\.{1})(\d{1,3}\.{1}
+)(\d{1,3}\.{1})(\d{1,3})$/) {
# my $info2 = "$1$2$3$4"; sorry, forgot to delete the "my"
# from the original posting
   $info2 = "$1$2$3$4";
   return $info2;
}else {
# my info2 = "Bad IP address submitted"; same "my" problem
#here
   $info2 = "Bad IP address submitted";
   return $info2;
}
}

if (param()) {
# do other stuff here before if statement
  if (IP_check()) {
# do some stuff here before calling sub
  &mailoff;
  exit;}
}

# html form stuff is located here

sub mailoff {
# open mail handler stuff - omitted for simplicity

print MAIL "here is the ip address $info2";

# now the closing stuff
}

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Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Dave

In reply to passing variables between subroutines by budreaux

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