When you say, Calling_Sub($var1, $var2),
Perl automatically fills in the @_ array with the list of elements you are passing. Now subsequently, inside your subroutine, when you say: my $subvar = @_; what you are doing is that you are getting the scalar value of the array. Since you are passing two parameters and the @_ array is populated with the values of $var1 and $var2, the value that will get stored in $subvar will be 2! That is the number of elements of the array which you are storing it in the scalar context! Rather, try this: my ($subvar1, $subvar2) = @_; Now, the first element of the array will be populated to $subvar1 and second element of the array will be populated to $subvar2. -- Rex -----Original Message----- From: Batchelor, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:21 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Calling subroutines... Hi again all. I have a question about calling a subroutine in Perl. Here is what I am trying: Calling_sub($var1, $var2); sub calling_sub my $subvar = @_; my $subvar1 = $var1 my $subvar2 = $var2 Now my question is...Don't I need to somehow split the two variables that I passed to the subroutine so that I can use them separately? Scott -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
