Re: Passing arrays in subs

Well, I think you're doing just fine ... If you want to use a reference as suggested, then that's fine ... if you don't want to .. it's up to you.

A simple fix to your code requires changing 2 lines only

#Change 
my $sItem = @_;
my $nItem = @_;
# to 
my $sItem = pop @lsList;
my $nItem = pop @lsList;
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Not Tested, but should work

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Re^2: Passing arrays in subs by lostjimmy (Chaplain) on Jul 30, 2010 at 18:38 UTC
That doesn't really fix anything. The lexically scoped array will be altered, but the original array, `@hello`, won't end up with those changes in the main scope. speedyshady needs to use a reference, like morgon and kennethk have already said. Alternatively, your method could be used, but the new list would have to be returned.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Passing arrays in subs by ahmad (Hermit) on Jul 30, 2010 at 19:20 UTC
That doesn't really fix anything. The lexically scoped array will be altered, but the original array, @hello I've never seen the OP message saying "The original array should be changed" I've seen him creating a new array, but having difficultly to get the other variables values correct. So while others assumed he want to change the original array, I assumed he wants to create a new one ... what's wrong with that ... and what's all that -- for?	[reply]
Re^2: Passing arrays in subs by speedyshady (Novice) on Jul 31, 2010 at 00:22 UTC
I've decided that this is the easiest and best approach for the functionality of the larger picture. I don't want to call-by-reference, so brute-force seems to get the job done. After all, I'm really just rewriting the splice sub Also, thanks to everyone else, too because I actually learned a lot about assignments and passing of variables in Perl. Kinda tricky, but it makes sense.	[reply]