$ cat sploot.pl #!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; use Test::More; my %sub = ( t01=>{ name=>\&mine, args=>[qw/one first two second/] }, ); $sub{t01}{name}(@{$sub{t01}{args}}); sub mine { my %args = @_; ok( $args{one} eq 'first', 'arg one' ); ok( $args{two} eq 'second', 'arg two' ); done_testing; } $ perl sploot.pl ok 1 - arg one ok 2 - arg two 1..2