Hello, I am trying to pass a two dimensional array (or a list of references you may say) along with some numbers into a function in the following way: 
@reduced_protein = shift (\@reduced_protein,($x2-$x1),($y2-$y1),($z2-$
+z1)); 

# reduced protein is 2D array with each line having some properties ab
+out the protein. The shift function just shifts the coordinates of th
+e all lines thus the protein (given below)

sub shift 
        {
        my ($reduced_protein, $shift_x, $shift_y, $shift_z);
        my @reduced_protein=@$reduced_protein;
        my $index1;
        my $protein_length=findColumnLength(@reduced_protein);
        
        for ... (shifting operation)
return @reduced_protein;
}

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This gives the error "Type of arg 1 to shift must be array (not list)..." how do we pass such a list to a function? Thanks for the help

In reply to Passing Lists to Functions? by Anonymous Monk

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