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Arevos · Nov 6th, 2006, 4:08 AM

In perl, you can't pass arguments via the subroutine definition. Instead, you pull the subroutine's arguments from the list @_. Try this instead:

 perl Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
sub fib
{
        ($n) = @_;
        ...
}
sub fib
{
        ($n) = @_;
        ...
}

Nov 6th, 2006, 4:08 AM	#2
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	In perl, you can't pass arguments via the subroutine definition. Instead, you pull the subroutine's arguments from the list @_. Try this instead: perl Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) sub fib { ($n) = @_; ... } sub fib { ($n) = @_; ... }