$ 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/] }, t02=>{ name=>\&yours, args=>[ 'foo' ] }, t03=>{ name=>\&ours, args=>[qw/The quick red fox/] }, ); for my $T (keys %sub) { $sub{$T}->{name}->(@{$sub{$T}{args}}); } done_testing; sub mine { # named arguments example my %args = @_; ok( $args{one} eq 'first', 'arg one' ); ok( $args{two} eq 'second', 'arg two' ); } sub yours { # single argument example my $message = shift; ok( $message eq 'foo', 'A single argument' ); } sub ours { # array example my @args = @_; ok( "The quick red fox" eq join(" ", @args), 'Argument array' ); } Roboticus@Waubli ~ $ perl sploot.pl ok 1 - Argument array ok 2 - A single argument ok 3 - arg one ok 4 - arg two 1..4