c:\@Work\Perl>perl -wMstrict -le "print qq{perl version $]}; ;; my %hash = ( func => sub { print qq{hi $_[0]}; }, elem => [ 'fee', 'fie', 'foe', ], ); ;; $hash{func}('there'); $hash{func}->('sailor'); ;; print $hash{elem}[2]; print $hash{elem}->[1]; " perl version 5.008009 hi there hi sailor foe fie