hello Jethro, thanks for the time to assist me. I kind of experimented a little bit with the code a different way. if you run it without using strict or diagnostics, I get a close to an answer to what I need. Except that then new set of cards, has to be different than the new one and I'm having problems with my matching the one that turns for example H into Hearts.

############ Test.pl###########


#!/usr/bin/perl

my @startingdeck = ("A H","2 H","3 H","4 H","5 H","6 H","7H","8 H",
                    "9 H","10 H","J H","Q H","K H",
                    "A D","2 D","3 D","4 D","5 D","6 D","7 D","8 D",
                    "9 D","10 D","J D","Q D","K D",
                    "A C","2 C","3 C","4 C","5 C","6 C","7 C","8 C",
                    "9 C","10 C","J C","Q C","K C",
                    "A S","2 S","3 S","4 S","5 S","6 S","7 S","8 S",
                    "9 S","10 S","J S","Q S","K S");

my @random_card = @startingdeck;
my $x = 0;

while($x <= 4){
    if (my @cards){
        $_ =~ s/C/Clubs, s/S/Spades, 
              s/H/Hearts, s/D/Diamonds; 
}
    my @cards = deckof(@cards);
    my @newcards = decko(@cards);
    print "@cards[$x]   ,   @newcards[$x]\n";
    $x++;
}

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#############test-lib.pl##############

#!/usr/bin/perl

sub deckof{
    my @cards = @_;
   
    foreach $card(@random_card){
        my $element1 = (pop(@random_card), shift(@random_card), pop(@r
+andom_card));

        my $element2 = (shift(@random_card), pop(random_card), shift(@
+random_card));

        push(@cards, $element1, $element2);
    }
    return @cards;
}
1;

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In reply to Re^2: Perl subroutine update by craziestfire73
in thread Perl subroutine update by craziestfire73

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