"> #### my $CUR_MODE = ## (the current mode) my %modes => ('mode9 => 'Customer Search', 'mode11' => 'Kit Search'); my @menu; for(keys %modes) { push @menu, { link_url => 'http://foo.com/?' . $_, link_text => $modes{$_} $_ eq $CUR_MODE ? (linked => 0) : (linked => 1) }