{ my @FIELDS = qw( foo bar baz); sub set_params { return { map { $_ => $_ } @FIELDS }; } } my $params = set_params; use Data::Dumper "Dumper"; print Dumper($params); __OUTPUT__ $VAR1 = { 'bar' => 'bar', 'baz' => 'baz', 'foo' => 'foo' };