Hi,
I am a little confused with perl subroutines.
Can anybody explains the differences in ways to call subroutines for me.
sub Test {
my ($X,$Y) = @_;
return "Hello $X and $Y\n";
}
print "With &\n";
print &Test('name 1','name 2');
print "Without &\n";
print Test('name 1','name 2');
print "Without brackets\n";
print Test 'name 1','name 2';
what is the best practice to use, when and why?
Thanks in advance
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