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Re: In What basis the subroutine return values assign to variables ?by FunkyMonk (Chancellor) |
| on Jul 30, 2007 at 10:38 UTC ( [id://629521]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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|| is causing get_price_floor() to be evaluated in scalar context. A list eg (10, 8), when evaluated in scalar context, returns the last element, 8. That's what's assigned to $price, while $floor is left undefined. Simple solution: get rid of || 0 BTW, do you know what & does to a subroutine call? If you don't (and I don't believe you do), don't use it. Just call your subroutine without it:
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