package MyClass; use strict; use warnings; sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = { number_of_items => shift, menu_items => shift, }; make_menu_items(); bless $self,$class; return $self; } sub make_menu_items { my $items = shift; for (my $i=0; $i < $items->{number_of_items}; $i++) { $items->{menu_items}[$i] = "'$items->{menu_items}[$i]'"; } } 1;