Re^3: problems passing variables between subroutine

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look_through_file uses and updates $continue_tag, but the result is not used
It is supposed to be used. When the end of file is reached the $continue_tag goes to "FALSE" and this gets passed out of the subroutine from which point the while loop (that makes the subroutine calls in the first place) is broken.

The value of $continue_tag gets passed out of the subroutine indeed and is immediately discarded because there is no variable to store it in.

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