$x = hypotenuse($y,4); # $x now contains 5 print $x."\n"; $x = hypotenuse((3*$y),12); # $x now contains 15 print $x."\n"; $value_e = E(); print $value_e."\n"; # $value_e now contains 2.71828182845905 ######### sub hypotenuse { my ($a,$b) = @_; return sqrt($a**2 + $b**2); } sub E { return 2.71828182845905; }