in reply to Passing $2 to a sub

$_ is not the argument passed the function. To get that, you need to access the @_ array -- you want the first element, which is $_[0].

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Re: Re: Passing $2 to a sub
by SparkeyG (Curate) on Feb 13, 2001 at 22:55 UTC
    Ahh, boy is my face red.
    Thanx
    SparkeyG
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