$ perl -MO=Deparse -e 'Add_Delta_Days( map{$cgi->param($_)} qw(eYear eMonth eDate), 1)' Add_Delta_Days(map({$cgi->param($_);} ('eYear', 'eMonth', 'eDate'), 1)); -e syntax OK $ $ perl -MO=Deparse -e 'Add_Delta_Days( (map{$cgi->param($_)}qw(eYear eMonth eDate)), 1)' Add_Delta_Days(map({$cgi->param($_);} 'eYear', 'eMonth', 'eDate'), 1); -e syntax OK