sub getHosts { my $name = shift; my $query = get ("$userlookup$name"); $query =~ s/^[a-z]+\-//; chomp($query); chomp($query); my @hosts = split(/\,/, $query); return @hosts; } ---TO---> sub getHosts { (get "$userlookup$_[0]") =~ m/\-(.+)/; return split(/\,/,$1); }