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#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

my ($x, $y);

sub return_scalar
{
    $y++;

    return "20024";
}

sub return_list
{
    $y++;

    return ("Foo", "Bar", "Baz");
}

sub return_void
{
    $y++;

    return;
}

$y++;

# Choose one based on $x
#
if ($x eq "s")
{
    my $s = return_scalar();
}
elsif ($x eq "l")
{
    my @l = return_list();
}
else
{
    return_void();
    $y++;
}