On Oct 9, stanley said:

>sub givename(%a)

DO NOT try to put variables in the declaration of a function.  Unless you
are into HEAVY MAGIC, your subroutine declarations (or definitions) should
look like

  sub function_name {
    # ...
  }

No () there.  When you CALL the function, THEN you use ().

  foobar(%x);

  sub foobar {
    my %copy_of_x = @_;
    # ...
  }

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