my @array = (42,43,44,45); my $scalar1 = 1; my $scalar2 = 2; ($scalar1,$scalar2) = my_subroutine(@array,$scalar1, $scalar2); print "$scalar1 $scalar2\n"; sub my_subroutine() { my @a = @{shift()}; my $s1 = shift(); my $s2 = shift(); print "array: @a\ns1: $s1\ns2: $s2\n"; $s1 += 22; $s2 += 33; return ($s1, $s2); }