> embperl 'subs' do not return subroutine values.
> you need to either make a regular subroutine
> [- sub get_date { ... } -]
>
> or use a global variable for return values. such as @GLOBAL. kind of
ugly - but is it
> any uglier than @_ for the input values?
>
You may also use references:
[$ sub foo $]
$_[0] = ($mday."-".$mth."-".$year);
[$endsub$]
# and call it with
foo (\$date) ;
Gerald
> "Genocchio, Anthony" wrote:
>
> > I am having trouble returing a variable from a sub?...below is my effort
to
> > do this...is there some fundamental place where i am going wrong and can
you
> > help me?!...thanks
> >
> > [$ sub get_date $]
> > [-
> > $var = shift;
> > --snip---
> > $date = ($mday."-".$mth."-".$year);
> > return[$date];
> > -]
> > [+ $date +]<BR>
> > [+ $var +]<BR>
> > [$ endsub $]
> >
> > [-
> > use DirHandle;
>
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