#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use utf8; our %g = ( Kappa => "\x{039a}", alpha => "\x{03b1}", iota => "\x{03b9}", rho => "\x{03c1}", upsilon => "\x{03c5}", etatonos => "\x{03ae}", kappa => "\x{03ba}", ); my $sunday = MakeWord(qw(Kappa upsilon rho iota alpha kappa etatonos)); print "Sunday in greek is $sunday.\n"; sub MakeWord { my $word; for (@_) { $word .= $g{$_}; } return $word; }