Which is it, an array or a list?
use warnings;
use strict;

sub mysub1 {
    my @fred = qw(The quick brown fox);
    
    return @fred;

}

sub mysub2 {
    return qw(The quick brown fox);

}

my $x = mysub1();
print "x: $x\n";

my $y = mysub2();
print "y: $y\n";

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Gives:
x: 4
y: fox

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You could always use wantarray to return a list or a scalar, depending on the context.

In reply to Re: most appropriate return data type by cdarke
in thread most appropriate return data type by Anonymous Monk

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