I am working with a binary file. At a particular point, I am calling a function with three values as arguments. The arguments are: a ":", a number 0, and an array (just a portion of the array, 6 bytes starting at offset 8). Am I allowed to do this? If I am allowed, how do I accomplish it? Also, how do I refer to the argument (contents of array) from within the function? Below is what I tried with no success. 
sub format_output {
     my var1 = $_[0];
     my var2 = $_[1];
     my array = $_[2];
     do_some_stff
}

my @array = 0x00;
@tmparray = split('',$scalar);
@array = splice(@tmparray, 8, 6);
&format_address(":", 0, @array);

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Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.

In reply to Help with scalar values and array as arguments to function by unixhome

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