>>>>> "MC" == Mimi Cafe <mimic...@googlemail.com> writes:

  MC>     $received_arg = @_;

read perldoc perldata and see what happens when you assign an array to a
scalar. you don't get what you think you are getting. context is VERY
important to learn in perl and this is a critical context situation that
is very common. i won't give you the answer since reading about it will
strengthten your learning about this. 

uri

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