One thing that is weird is that you call the routine with a parameter $k 

my $komp_dir = get_directory($k);

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but you're not using that parameter anywhere in the routine 

sub get_directory{
    my @dirs = glob("C:\\Documents and Settings\\mydirectory\\Desktop\
+\KOMP\\*");
    foreach my $maid_dir(@dirs){
        if (-d $maid_dir){ # directory check
            if ($maid_dir=~m%\d+\s[A-Z]%){ # match the dir name
                return $maid_dir; 
            }
        }    
    }        
}

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so it will effectively always return the same $maid_dir, i.e. the first directory from @dirs where your regex matches.

Presumably you intended to use that $k somewhere in get_directory ... (?)

In reply to Re: Having trouble returning the correct values from my sub by almut
in thread Having trouble returning the correct values from my sub by lomSpace

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