in reply to Passing a reference from a subroutine.
Inventing rubbish then asking us to tell you why it isn't working doesn't help you and doesn't do much for us either. There are at least four "That ain't possibly right" issues with the code you have shown and the story you tell about it. How about you copy and paste a small code sample that actually demonstrates the error you see? Show us the output too!
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