How to pass two arrays to another subroutine in Perl

combine the two arrays into a single array using "push"

example:

@time = ("hour","minutes");
@date =("day","year");
Push (@time, @date);

Once you have the single array, pass the single array to the sub.

@kaufmed: Ok. I tried your solution and I am getting "Global symbol "@data" requires explicit package name" error.

Here is my whole function:

sub markFailedLines{
my ($line_numbers, $data) = @_;
my @out;
	if ($line_numbers) {
		foreach my $ln ($line_numbers) {
			$data[$ln+2] = "<font color=\"red\">$data[$ln+2]</font>";
			push(@out, '<br><br>');
			push @out, join('<br>', map{ join(': ', $_, $data[$_+2]) } $ln-3..$ln+3);
		}
		return ('FAILED',@out);
	} else {
		return ('PASSED',@out);
	}
}

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What am I doing wrong here?

Do you have any code above sub markFailedLines?

my ($line_numbers, @data) = @_;

foreach my $ln ($line_numbers) {
There's no reason for such a loop over a single element

@Ozo: $line_numbers is a reference to an array. It has more than one value in it.

markFailedLines(\@line_numbers,\@data);
sub markFailedLines{
my @line_numbers = @{+shift};
my @data = @{+shift};
foreach my $ln (@line_numbers) {

@kuafmed: Yes there is another sub function. But the error is for the lines 6 and 8 in the above code.

@Ozo: Why do I need to use shift? I don't find it very secure to use.
 Is there a way of modifying my code above without using shift?

$line_numbers is a reference to an array. It has more than one value in it.

It is a single reference.
 foreach my $ln ($line_numbers) {
would alias $ln to the single reference
 foreach my $ln (@$line_numbers) {
would alias $ln to each of the elements in the referenced array

@Ozo: I am confused. Can you please send me the modified version of my code above?

If $line_numbers is always reference,

if ($line_numbers) {

will always be true

#If you call
markFailedLines(\@line_numbers,\@data);
#then you can use
sub markFailedLines{
my ($line_numbers, $data) = @_;
my @out;
            foreach my $ln (@$line_numbers) {
                  $data->[$ln+2] = "<font color=\"red\">$data->[$ln+2]</font>";   #note that this modifies the original @data
                  push @out, '<br><br>',join('<br>', map{ join(': ', $_, $data->[$_+2]) } $ln-3..$ln+3);
            }
            return @out?'PASSED':'FAILED',@out;  #this will pass when @line_numbers is not empty
}

#If you want to pass a copy of @data to prevent the sub from modifying the original, you can call
markFailedLines(\@line_numbers,[@data]);

#Or you can pass only the first array as a reference:
markFailedLines(\@line_numbers,@data);

sub markFailedLines{
my ($line_numbers, @data) = @_;
my @out;
            foreach my $ln (@$line_numbers) {
                  $data[$ln+2] = "<font color=\"red\">$data[$ln+2]</font>";  
                  push @out, '<br><br>',join('<br>', map{ join(': ', $_, $data[$_+2]) } $ln-3..$ln+3);
            }
            return @out?'PASSED':'FAILED',@out;
}