#!/usr/bin/perl -w $check = mycheck($#ARGV); if ($check != 1) { $usage = "Help arguments have been found"; print $usage, "\n"; } sub mycheck { my($#ARGV) = @_; $return = 0; #Variable RETURN set as false (set as 0) foreach $arg (0 .. $#ARGV) { if (($arg eq '-help') || ($arg eq '-h') || ($arg eq '--help')) { $return = 1; #Variable return now is true exit; } else { print "No help arguments found\n"; } } return $return }