$one = "YAR033W"; $two = "YAR033W"; @source = ("ITOCORE"); @exper = ("n/a"); print " ($one)($two)(@source)(@exper) \n"; parsed_pair($one, $two, \@source, \@exper); # ... sub parsed_pair { my ($one, $two, $source_ref, $exper_ref) = @_; print " ($one)($two)(@$source_ref)(@$exper_ref) \n"; #.... }