Re: return file handger

>>&gt;>> "jiqiang" == jiqiang yao < jiqiang123%40yahoo.com">jiqiang123yahoo.com> writes:

jiqiang&gt; I want to write a subroutine for openfile (see below).
jiqiang> However, the subroutine failed to be returned to
jiqiang> $fhandle. Can anybody tells me why?

Yes, stop using package-based filehandles. Use lexical filehandles.

sub openfile {
open my $handle, "<", shift or die "Cannot open: $!";
return $handle;
}

But if it's this short, I wouldn't even write a subroutine.

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