I've got a sub that returns two arguments if it succeeds, and a single 0 if it fails...

I wanna know a quick single line way I can state: 

if (my ($x, $y) = mysub ($args)) { #returned defined pairs
   do stuff... 
} else { #returned single zero.
   do other stuff...
}

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Essentially I want to return multiple values--but if they're not all returned, then use that as a function failed condition. Of course this is probably breaking all the programming rules of the universe by wanting to do this... but then again... I'm okay with that.

Currently even when I return 0, if it's written above, it thinks it's passed.

Thanks! --Ray

In reply to if multiple arg return or single fail? by raybies

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