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The argComplex sub changes the values of $real1, because your my is not parenthesized. You need 
my ($value1, $real1, $complex1);

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to declare the three variables.
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Re^2: Weird Perl Rule I'm Probably Not Following
by moltar512 (Sexton) on Oct 14, 2005 at 17:13 UTC
    hmm.. okay what was happening before? which of the variables was the my affecting? just the first in the string of variables??
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      Yes. my takes a variable or a parenthesized list of variables. You would eventually have located that bug if you had at the top of your program 
      use strict;
use warnings;

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      strict would have complained about variables not being declared, and warnings would have warned you about using things like $s = @var[1].
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Re^2: Weird Perl Rule I'm Probably Not Following
by moltar512 (Sexton) on Oct 14, 2005 at 17:16 UTC
    btw.. you just fixed my problem!! THANKS!!
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