sub addfor{ my ($mainwidget,$entryVariable) = @_; my %history; if (exists $history{$entryVariable}) { $mainwidget->messageBox (-icon => 'error', -type => 'OK', -title => 'Error for input', -message => "duplicate input"); } else { $widget{'forwardlistbox'}->insert ('end', $entryVariable); $history{$entryVariable} = 1; } }