How to return actual string rather than the address to the result string

[Michael Goopta]

Hi All,

I have this little program which cleans strings of HTML tags.

Currently the subroutine text_handler is returning the address
of the resultant string back. How can I make it return the
actual string.
Any help is appreciated.
Mick

my $z= ' <table border=2 cellpadding=4
cellspacing=0><tr><td><font face="CLRecordTechno" size=1
color="#000000"><p align="center">No Haledon <br>Great Oppty -
<br>fixer upper <br>Needs TLC but has great potential. 5 BT, 3
bths, large large rooms. Great yard with pond. Wonderful area,
good schools. $399,000<br>Call Owner Now, wont last <br>
845-986-5154</font></td></tr></table>';

 my $m='';
  sub text_handler() { return @_;}   # Ordinary text
#   text_handler($z);
   
   my $p = HTML::Parser->new();
   $p->handler( text => \&text_handler, "dtext");
   $m = $p->parse($z);
   print $m;


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