Re^2: Returning two lists from a sub

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Why do you need a return value? Is there a specific reason you can't do this? my (@a, @b); &get_lists; print join(" ",@a),"\n",join(" ",@b); sub get_lists{ my @a = (1,2,3); my @b = (4,5,6); }

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Re^3: Returning two lists from a sub by otto (Beadle) on Jun 07, 2007 at 18:03 UTC
...other than the fact that it does not work... Your `my` in the sub hides the "outer" `@a` and `@b`. I did mention your technique as (Ok a third way is via a out of bounds global thingy.)	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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