Return a reference from a sub

   
#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

sub now { return \scalar(localtime) };

print "The time is ${&now}\n";

1.	The return values of the ref function: hash
2.	Return reference from a function
3.	Return reference to variable
4.	Return two array references from a subroutine
5.	Return value from subroutine reference
6.	A subroutine that returns a scalar or a list.
7.	A subroutine that returns a value
8.	Return Value
9.	Return a subroutine from a subroutine
10.	Return hash value from subroutine
11.	Return more than one value from subroutine
12.	Return two arrays from subroutine
13.	Return value from subroutine without using the return statement
14.	Returning arrays from subroutines
15.	Returning data from subroutines
16.	The last statement is the value to return
17.	Using return statement
18.	Using the return statement.

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