#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; my %action_for; %action_for = ( test1 => sub { my ($input) = @_; print "*** Input: $input\n"; print "Test 1 code\n" }, test2 => sub { my ($input) = @_; $action_for{test1}->($input); print "Test 2 code\n"; }, ); my @tests = qw{ test1 test2 Atest1 test2B XYZ test1C test2D Etest1F Gtest2H }; /(test\d)/ && $action_for{$1}->($_) for @tests;