#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my @data = ( qw/ 2 3 3 3 5 7 8 12 32 44 55 12 3 23 43 33 1 4 25 43 42 1 4 5 3 3 3 /); my $mode = mode( { NUMBERS => \@data } ); sub mode { my %opt = %{ shift @_ }; print Dumper \%opt; } __END__