#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; package Foo; sub new { bless { "_foo", 1, "_bar", 1, "_qux", 1 } } sub runTests { my ($self) = @_; for my $symname (sort keys %{$self}) { local *sym = ref($self)."::$symname"; &sym if defined(&sym) and $symname =~ /^_.*/; } } # sub runTests sub _foo { print "_foo called\n" } sub _bar { print "_bar called\n" } package main; my $foo = Foo->new(); $foo->runTests();